Psammorhynchus Grande and Hilton 2006 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Full reference: L. Grande and E. J. Hilton. 2006. An exquisitely preserved skeleton representing a primitive sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae: n. gen. and sp.). The Paleontological Society Memoir 65, Journal of Paleontology 80(4, suppl.):1-39

Parent taxon: Psammorhynchinae according to L. Grande and E. J. Hilton 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Type: Psammorhynchus longipinnis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Psammorhynchus in the database

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