Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Alternative combination: Erguitaia benningensis
Synonym: Texatrygon stouti Bourdon et al. 2011
Full reference: G. R. Case, D. R. Schwimmer, P. D. Borodin and J. J. Leggett. 2001. A new selachian fauna from the Eutaw Formation (Upper Cretaceous/Early to Middle Santonian) of Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261:83-102
Belongs to Texatrygon according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2014
See also Bourdon et al. 2011 and Case et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Texatrygon avonicola, Texatrygon copei, Texatrygon hooveri
Type specimens:
- Texatrygon benningensis: CSUK97-2-10, a tooth. Its type locality is Entrance to Fort Benning, Interstate Highway 185, which is in a Santonian/Santonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.
- Texatrygon stouti: NMMNH P-61152, a tooth. Its type locality is NMMNH L-297, Rio Puerco, which is in a Santonian/Santonian paralic sandstone in the Point Lookout Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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