Texatrygon hooveri McNulty and Slaughter 1972 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Ptychotrygonidae

Alternative combination: Ptychotrygon hooveri

Synonym: Ptychotrygon rubyae Williamson et al. 1993

Belongs to Texatrygon according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025

See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Maisch et al. 2021 and Williamson et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Texatrygon avonicola, Texatrygon benningensis, Texatrygon copei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (8: Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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