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Nebrius

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy

Nebrius was named by Rüppell (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant. Its type is Nebrius concolor.

It was assigned to Ginglystomidae by Jordan (1963); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ginglymostomatidae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Case et al. (2015), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cantalice et al. (2019), Adnet et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2025).

Species

N. bequaerti, N. concolor (type species), N. ferrugineus, N. obliquus (syn. Ginglymostoma fourtaui, Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni)

Species lacking formal opinion data

N. blanckenhorni, N. delfortriei, N. obliquum, N. theilensis, N. thielensi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Nebrius Rüppell
1963	Nebrius Jordan p. 598
1997	Nebrius Noubhani and Cappetta p. 38
2002	Nebrius Sepkoski
2005	Nebrius Tabuce et al. p. 385
2009	Nebrius Cicimurri and Knight p. 629
2015	Nebrius Case et al. p. 1124
2019	Nebrius Cantalice et al. p. 432
2019	Nebrius Ebersole et al. p. 23
2020	Nebrius Adnet et al. p. 20
2025	Nebrius Cicimurri et al. p. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Chondrichthyes
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
superorder	Galeomorphi
order	Orectolobiformes	Applegate 1972
suborder	Orectoloboidei	Applegate 1974
family	Ginglymostomatidae	Gill 1862
genus	Nebrius	Rüppell 1837

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. Nebrius Rüppell 1837

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†Nebrius bequaerti Leriche 1919

†Nebrius concolor Ruppel 1837

Nebrius ferrugineus Lesson 1831

†Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877

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Invalid names: Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer 1903 [synonym], Ginglymostoma fourtaui Priem 1905 [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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Serravallian or 72.20000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (62 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Maryland)	N. sp. (125950)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	N. sp. (61738)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Morocco	N. bequaerti (91362 214369 214370)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Angola (Cabinda)	Ginglymostoma bequaerti (242404)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Angola (Cabinda)	Ginglymostoma bequaerti (113759 195089 242381)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Angola	Ginglymostoma bequaerti (82060)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Algeria	N. obliquus (232262)
Clarkforkian	57.5 - 56.0	USA (South Carolina)	N. sp. (15074)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Morocco	N. obliquus (116904 158991 214840 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Senegal	N. blanckenhorni (209379)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	Ginglymostoma blankenhorni (83330) N. thielensi (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	56.0 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	N. thielensi (3256 3257)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Pakistan	N. obliquum (79971)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	N. sp. (13346) N. thielensi (209521 209522)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Mexico (Chiapas)	N. sp. (45920)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Morocco	N. obliquus (91339)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	N. thielensi (41992 41996 41998)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Togo	N. blanckenhorni (32991)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Egypt	N. blanckenhorni (137540)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Ukraine (Crimea)	N. sp. (140018)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township)	N. sp. (173640)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	N. thielensi (81266 176944)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	N. theilensis (45640)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Western Sahara	N. obliquus (96686 96688)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Egypt	N. sp. (137554 137557 137563 137569 137574 137582)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (South Carolina)	N. thielensi (202013 202014)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Oman (Dhofar)	N. sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan	N. obliquum (150337)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Mississippi)	N. sp. (133111)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (North Carolina)	N. sp. (71651)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Pakistan (Balochistan)	N. obliquum (78423)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Brazil (Para)	N. obliquus (65162 112590)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Pakistan (Balochistan)	N. sp. (77783)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Brazil (Para)	N. obliquus (58454)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Japan (Gifu)	N. delfortriei (161445)