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 G. Guinot et al. 2020
See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus girardoti, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus loangoensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus parvulus, Galeorhinus pulchellus, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus falconeri, Eugaleus latus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in the Couche II Formation of Morocco
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (4 collections), Togo (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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