Pseudoginglymostoma erguitaense 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 Pseudoginglymostoma according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum, Pseudoginglymostoma idiri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oued Erguita, Couche A (ERG), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oued Erguita, Couche A (ERG)

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