†Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (nurse shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to R. Tabuce et al. 2005
See also Casier 1958 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma obliquum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma ypresiensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), Morocco (5), Senegal (1), Togo (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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