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Protoscaphirhynchus

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Protoscaphirhynchus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Protoscaphirhynchus
Wilimovsky, 1956
Species:
P. squamosus
Binomial name
Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus
Wilimovsky, 1956

Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus is an extinct sturgeon from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It is known from a single poorly preserved specimen found in the Maastrichtian aged Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Due to its poor preservational state, it has few diagnostic characters.[1]

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  1. ^ Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2006). "Review of the Fossil Record of Sturgeons, Family Acipenseridae (Actinopterygii: Acipenseriformes), from North America". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (4): 672–683. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.530.9300. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[672:ROTFRO]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4095104. S2CID 53583501.