Protoscaphirhynchus

Protoscaphirhynchus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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