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Ginglymostoma

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ginglymostoma Müller and Henle
1877Acrodobatis Leidy
1889Ginglymostoma Woodward p. 348
1902Ginglymostoma Hay p. 310
1926Ginglymostoma White p. 11
1942Ginglymostoma Leriche p. 27
1946Ginglymostoma Casier p. 60
1958Ginglymostoma Casier p. 15
1963Acrodobatis Jordan p. 598
1963Ginglymostoma Jordan p. 598
1963Gynglymostoma Tabaste p. 470
1975Ginglymostoma Cappetta and Case p. 12
1981Acrodobatis Thurmond and Jones p. 44
1981Ginglymostoma Thurmond and Jones p. 44
1988Ginglymostoma Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1991Ginglymostoma Case p. 2
1997Ginglymostoma Noubhani and Cappetta p. 29
2001Ginglymostoma Purdy et al. p. 100
2002Ginglymostoma Sepkoski
2005Ginglymostoma Tabuce et al. p. 385
2007Ginglymostoma Cahuzac et al. p. 15
2014Ginglymostoma Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 82
2019Gynglymostoma Ebersole et al. p. 20
2019Ginglymostoma Hoganson et al. p. 21

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

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.

G. Ginglymostoma Müller and Henle 1838
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Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Ginglymostoma botmaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma chenanei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma cuspidata Case et al. 2001
Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889
Ginglymostoma erramii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma lithuanica Dalinkevičius 1935
Ginglymostoma malembeense Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Ginglymostoma maroccanum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma pectinatum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma serra Leidy 1877
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Invalid names: Acrodobatis obliquus Leidy 1877 [synonym]
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952
Ginglymostoma thielensi Winkler 1874
Invalid names: Acrodobatis 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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 106.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania G. lithuanica (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania G. lithuanica (213720)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) G. sp. (241388)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel G. sp. (35444)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Chihuahua) G. sp. (35353)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco G. botmaense (214829)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt G. sp. (275565 275566)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) G. sp. (213580)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) G. cuspidata (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) G. botmaense, G. pectinatum (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco G. botmaense (214830 214831) G. botmaense, G. erramii, G. pectinatum (214835) G. botmaense, G. pectinatum (214368 214374 214375 214838) G. pectinatum (214828) G. sp. (213665)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Congo-Kinshasa G. sp. (242376)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) G. sp. (178660)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) G. sp. (83331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco G. subafricanum, G. botmaense (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Arkansas) G. subafricanum (206776)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco G. khouribgaense (116900 214832) G. subafricanum (91362 210053 214369 214370) G. subafricanum, G. khouribgaense (214372 214834)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium G. subafricanum (242087)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Saudi Arabia (Makkah) G. maghrebianum, G. sokotoense (140969) G. sokotoense (140968)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco G. chenanei, G. khouribgaense (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco G. chenanei, G. khouribgaense (214848) G. khouribgaense (214839)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) G. subafricanum, Nebrius thielensis (62872)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India (Himachal Pradesh) G. sp. (194122)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria G. sp., G. kouribgaense (232262)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo G. sp. (61561) G. thielense (167948)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco G. khouribgaense (214833)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger G. sokotoense (229530)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07India G. sp. (91316)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Saudi Arabia G. sp. (37182)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) G. africanam, G. serra, G. subafricanum, Nebrius thielensis (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07South Atlantic G. sp. (210208)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) G. subafricanum, Nebrius thielensis (62890)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco G. angolense (214846 214847 214851) G. angolense, G. maroccanum (158991) G. maroccanum (214840)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal G. sp., G. angolense (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Tunisia G. magrebianum (242332)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Nebrius thielensis (203258)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) G. maroccanum (209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) G. sp. (42655)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco G. angolense (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium G. thielensi (242331)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria G. serra (187560) G. serra, G. obliquum (77257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola (Cabinda) G. serra (242382) G. serra, G. angolense (83988 242405)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Nebrius thielensis (13346)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Barbados G. angolense (221167) G. tielensi (221165)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (New Jersey) G. obliquum (16411)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola G. serra (242407)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo G. angolense (32991)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) G. sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) G. serra (3534)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) G. serra (16848) G. sp. (81266)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) G. obliquum (73434)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) G. serra (16549)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) G. serra (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) G. serra (32925 55251 75638)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) G. malembeense (56682 72300 83992)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Nebrius serra (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) G. serra (112590) G. serra, G. obliquum (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil G. serra (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) G. delfortriei (118106)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) G. sp. (48887)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) G. serra (18506)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Gironde ) G. deltortriei (161755)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Loupian) G. sp. (161623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) G. delfortriei (148227)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Touraine) G. sp. (161611)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France G. sp. (90354)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) G. serra (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) G. sp. (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) G. sp. (161524 161533)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador G. sp. (204346)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) G. sp. (161377 162456)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama G. delfortriei (24237)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) G. delfortriei (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru (Piura) G. cirratum (162465)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Baja California Sur) G. sp. (154118)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) G. cirratum (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) G. cirratum (20604)