Ginglymostoma chenanei 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 A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma obliquum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma ypresiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [Couche IIa] (general), which is in a Selandian marine phosphorite in the Couche II Formation of Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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