†Texatrygon copei Cappetta and Case 1999 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111
Belongs to Texatrygon according to J. A. Schubert et al. 2017
See also Cappetta and Case 1999
Sister taxa: Texatrygon avonicola, Texatrygon benningensis, Texatrygon hooveri
Type specimen: Its type locality is North Sulphur River at Ladonia (NSR), which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Taylor Marl Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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