Ginglymostoma serra Leidy 1877 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Alternative combinations: Acrodobatis serra, Nebrius serra

Synonyms: Acrodobatis obliquus Leidy 1877, Ginglymostoma obliquum Leidy 1877, Nebrius obliquum Leidy 1877

Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943

See also Adnet et al. 2007, Boulemia and Adnet 2023, Cappetta and Case 2016, Case 1981, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Costa et al. 2009, dos Reis 2005, Fowler 1911, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, White 1926 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma cuspidata, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma magrebianum, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (2), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Eocene of Angola (4), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (2), United States (10: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Virginia)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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