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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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