Protoscaphirhynchus
Sign in to saveProtoscaphirhynchus 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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It sits within the topics Hell Creek fauna, Late Cretaceous fish of North America and Maastrichtian life.
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- 93500000-0
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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.
==See also== Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish
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