Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327
Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma obliquum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma ypresiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sidi Daoui, intercalaire C1/C2, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Morocco
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (2 collections), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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