Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: G. R. Case, P.D. Borodin, and J.J. Leggett. 2001. Fossil selachians from the New Egypt Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian) of Arneytown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261(Lfg. 4-6):113-124
Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to G. R. Case et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma magrebianum, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum
Type specimen: AMNH 19741, a tooth. Its type locality is Deep Run, southeast of Arneytown, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Deep Run, southeast of Arneytown
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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