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Protoscaphirhynchus

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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. OrderAcipenseriformes
  4. FamilyAcipenseridae

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Protoscaphirhynchus
start time
93500000-0
end time
66000000-0
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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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