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 erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum
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.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.