Plicatoscyllium minutum Forir 1887 (nurse shark)

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

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