Galeorhinus mesetaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (school shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

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 Galeorhinus according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus girardoti, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus pulchellus, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus latus, Eugaleus falconeri

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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