Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
This taxon is not extinct. See for instance https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.06.012
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Alternative combination: Squalus cirratus
Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to O. P. Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma obliquum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma ypresiensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, Georgia collections)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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