Texatrygon brycensis

Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman, 2013


Classification: Elasmobranchii Rajiformes incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Kirkland, J.I. & Eaton, J.G. & Brinkman, D.B. (2013)
Elasmobranchs from upper Cretaceous freshwater facies in southern Utah. In At the top of the Grand Staircase – The Late Cretaceous of southern Utah. LOEWEN, Alan L. TITUS & Mark A. (Eds.), Indian Univ. Press.: 153–194, fig. 9.1–9.22

Types
Texatrygon brycensis
Holotype: UMNH: VP 18885; Paratype: UMNH: VP 18882–18883, 18891–18892, 18889–18890, 18893, 18894, 18896;


Description:


Citation: Texatrygon brycensis Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman, 2013: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 08/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman, 2013 [20268]: Small species of Texatrygon similar to T. avonicola in nearly all characters except that oral teeth have a marked depression at center of uvula expansion and weak cusplets extend up from around margin of tooth (Fig. 9.21A–W).

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=13957;

References
Guinot, G. & Condamine, F.L. (2023)
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Kirkland, J.I. (2014)
When sharks, rays, & sawfish ruled Utah's rivers. Survey Notes, 2014, 6–7
Kirkland, J.I. & Eaton, J.G. & Brinkman, D.B. (2013)
Elasmobranchs from upper Cretaceous freshwater facies in southern Utah. In At the top of the Grand Staircase – The Late Cretaceous of southern Utah. LOEWEN, Alan L. TITUS & Mark A. (Eds.), Indian Univ. Press.: 153–194, fig. 9.1–9.22