Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Synonyms: Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer 1903, Ginglymostoma fourtaui Priem 1905, Nebrius blanckenhorni Stromer 1903

Belongs to Nebrius according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023

See also Aver'yanov and Udovichenko 1993, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

Sister taxa: Nebrius bequaerti, Nebrius concolor, Nebrius delfortriei, Nebrius ferrugineus, Nebrius thielensi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (9), Senegal (1), Togo (1), United States (3: Alabama), Western Sahara (2)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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