Biology:Ptychotrygonidae

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Short description: Extinct family of cartilaginous fishes

Ptychotrygonidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Maastrichtian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: Ptychotrygonidae
Kriwet, Nunn, & Klug, 2009[1]
Genera

Ptychotrygonidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Late Cretaceous belonging to the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei. This family contains the genera Archingeayia, Asflapristis, Ptychotrygon, Ptychotrygonoides, and Texatrygon.[2]

References

  1. Kriwet, J.; Nunn, E.V.; Klug, S. (2009). "Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (2): 316-347. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00439.x. 
  2. Begat, A.; Kriwet, J.; Gelfo, J.N.; Cavalli, S.G.; Schultz, J.A.; Martin, T. (2023). "The first southern hemisphere occurrence of the extinct Cretaceous sclerorhynchoid sawfish Ptychotrygon (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea), with a review of Ptychotrygon taxonomy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2162411. doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2162411. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28823744 entry