Ptychotrygon

Ptychotrygon
Temporal range:
Ptychotrygon sp. oral teeth from the Cretaceous of Texas, USA
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: Ptychotrygonidae
Genus: Ptychotrygon
Jaekel, 1894
Species

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Ptychotrygon is a genus of sawfish-like ray whose fossils have been found worldwide from the Cretaceous period (Albian-Maastrichtian). Along with Ptychotrygonoides, Texatrygon, and Asflapristis, it is the member of the family Ptychotrygonidae within the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei.