Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Alternative combination: Ginglymostoma kouribgaense

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 S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023

See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Algeria (1 collection), Morocco (8)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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