Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Full reference: E. Villalobos-Segura, C. J. Underwood, D. J. Ward and K. M. Claeson. 2019. The first three-dimensional fossils of Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfish: Asflapristis cristadentis gen. et sp. nov., and implications for the phylogenetic relations of the Sclerorhynchoidei (Chondrichthyes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:1847-1870
Parent taxon: Ptychotrygonidae according to E. Villalobos-Segura et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Ptychotrygon, Ptychotrygonoides, Texatrygon
Subtaxa: Asflapristis cristadentis Asflapristis rugosa
Type: Asflapristis cristadentis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection), United States (3: Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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