†Plicatoscyllium minutum Forir 1887 (nurse shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Alternative combinations: Ginglymostoma minutum, Hybodus minutus
Belongs to Plicatoscyllium according to H. Cappetta and J. C. Corral 1999
See also Herman 1977, Li 1997 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Plicatoscyllium antiquum, Plicatoscyllium derameei, Plicatoscyllium gharbii, Plicatoscyllium globidens, Plicatoscyllium lehneri, Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (6), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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