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
Parent taxon: Ginglymostomatidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium, Ganntouria, Ginglymostoma, Hologinglymostoma, Nebrius, Plicatoscyllium, Protoginglymostoma, Pseudoginglymostoma
Subtaxa: Delpitoscyllium africanum Delpitoscyllium planum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Paleocene of Angola (6), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Denmark (1), France (2), Morocco (4)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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