Ginglymostoma malembeense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2(1):1-200

Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943

Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma cuspidata, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma magrebianum, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Angola (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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