Ginglymostoma magrebianum Casier 1947 (nurse shark)

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)

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