Iberotrygon

Iberotrygon is an extinct genus of sclerorhynchiform ray from the Cenomanian Mosqueruela Formation of Spain. Only the single species I. plagiolophus, is known; it was named and described in 2009.[1] It is known from the holotype MPZ 2005-33, an antero-lateral tooth, and the parartypes MPZ 2005-34, four well-preserved teeth from a single juvenile, and MPZ 2005-35, an isolated tooth.

Iberotrygon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Holotype tooth (MPZ 2005-33)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
†Sclerorhynchiformes
Genus:
†Iberotrygon

Kriwet, Nunn & Klug, 2009
Binomial name
†Iberotrygon plagiolophus
Kriwet, Nunn & Klug, 2009

References
  1. Kriwet, Jürgen; Nunn, Elizabeth V.; Klug, Stefanie (2009). "Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (2): 316–347. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00439.x.
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