Protoplatyrhina hopii Williamson et al. 1993 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: T. E. Williamson, J. I. Kirkland, and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Selachians from the Greenhorn Cyclothem ("Middle" Cretaceous: Cenomanian-Turonian), Black Mesa, Arizona, and the paleogeographic distribution of Late Cretaceous selachians. Journal of Paleontology 67:447-474

Belongs to Protoplatyrhina according to M. A. Becker et al. 2010

See also Williamson et al. 1993

Sister taxon: Protoplatyrhina renae

Type specimen: MNA V 6263A, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Arizona, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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