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 Plicatoscyllium according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Plicatoscyllium derameei, Plicatoscyllium globidens, Plicatoscyllium lehneri, Plicatoscyllium minutum, Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ben Guerir, couche 6, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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