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Ginglymostoma serra

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Acrodobatis serra was named by Leidy (1877).

It was recombined as Ginglymostoma serra by Woodward (1889), Hay (1902), White (1926), Leriche (1942), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Thurmond and Jones (1981), dos Reis (2005); it was recombined as Nebrius serra by Cicimurri and Knight (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Acrodobatis serra Leidy
1877Nebrius obliquus Leidy
1877Acrodobatis obliquus Leidy p. 52
1889Ginglymostoma serra Woodward p. 348
1902Ginglymostoma obliquum Hay p. 310
1902Ginglymostoma serra Hay p. 310
1903Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer p. 34 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1905Ginglymostoma fourtaui Priem
1905Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer p. 166 figs. Plate 15, Figs. 28-31
1911Ginglymostoma obliquum Fowler p. 31
1926Ginglymostoma serra White p. 11
1942Ginglymostoma obliquum Leriche p. 27
1942Ginglymostoma serra Leriche p. 64
1943Ginglymostoma serra Dartevelle and Casier p. 107 figs. Pl 3, figs 23-30
1981Ginglymostoma obliquum Case p. 61
1981Ginglymostoma serra Thurmond and Jones p. 44
1997Nebrius obliquus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 39 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-5
2005Nebrius obliquus Tabuce et al. p. 385
2005Ginglymostoma serra dos Reis p. 45
2009Nebrius serra Cicimurri and Knight p. 629
2023Nebrius obliquus Boulemia and Adnet p. 6 figs. 2S-V

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusGinglymostomaMüller and Henle 1838
speciesserra(Leidy 1877)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ginglymostoma serra Leidy 1877
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Invalid names: Acrodobatis obliquus Leidy 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Serravallian or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Ginglymostoma serra (15595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Ginglymostoma serra (187560) Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma obliquum (77257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma obliquum (16411)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Ginglymostoma serra (16848)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Ginglymostoma serra (3534)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma obliquum (73434)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Ginglymostoma serra (32925 55251 75638)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma serra (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Ginglymostoma serra (16549)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Nebrius serra (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Ginglymostoma serra (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Ginglymostoma serra (112590) Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma obliquum (65162)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Ginglymostoma serra (18506)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) Ginglymostoma serra (58454)