Pseudoginglymostoma Dingerkus 1986 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Parent taxon: Ginglymostomatidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Long 1992 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium, Delpitoscyllium, Ganntouria, Ginglymostoma, Hologinglymostoma, Nebrius, Plicatoscyllium, Protoginglymostoma

Subtaxa: Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum Pseudoginglymostoma erguitaense Pseudoginglymostoma idiri

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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