†Protoplatyrhina hopii Williamson et al. 1993 (guitarfish)
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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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