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 2:1-200

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

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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Angola (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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