Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Parent taxon: Ginglymostomatidae according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cicimurri 2003, Cicimurri et al. 2014, Guinot et al. 2013, Jordan 1963, Kriwet 1999, Kriwet et al. 2009, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Underwood 2002 and Vullo et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Delpitoscyllium, Ganntouria, Ginglymostoma, Hologinglymostoma, Nebrius, Plicatoscyllium, Protoginglymostoma, Pseudoginglymostoma
Subtaxa: Cantioscyllium alhaulfi Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum Cantioscyllium clementsi Cantioscyllium decipiens Cantioscyllium grandis Cantioscyllium meyeri
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (10 collections), Jordan (1), Morocco (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (25: Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
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