Ginglymostoma maroccanum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (nurse shark)

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 cuspidata, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma magrebianum, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma thielensi

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

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