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Protriacanthus

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Protriacanthus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, P. gortanii.

Phylum:Chordata
Family:†Protriacanthidae
Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]
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Protriacanthus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: †Protriacanthidae
Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]
Genus: †Protriacanthus
d'Erasmo, 1946
Species:
†P. gortanii
Binomial name
†Protriacanthus gortanii
d'Erasmo, 1946
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