Ginglymostoma sokotoense White 1934 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to H. Cappetta 1972

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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Niger (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (2), Togo (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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