Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: E. Casier. 1947. Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 23(14):1-32
Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to E. Casier 1947
Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma cuspidata, Ginglymostoma delfortriei, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Ginglymostoma thielensi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Metlaoui (IRSNB collectino), which is in a Ypresian coastal phosphorite in the Gafsa Phosphates Formation of Tunisia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Metlaoui (IRSNB collectino)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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