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Nebrius
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).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
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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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]
†Nebrius serra Leidy 1877
†Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | N. sp. (125950) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | N. sp. (61738) | |
| Danian | Morocco | N. bequaerti (91362 214369 214370) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | N. thielensis (62872) | |
| Thanetian | Algeria | N. obliquus (232262) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (South Carolina) | N. sp. (15074) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | N. thielensis (62890) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | N. obliquus (116904 158991 214840 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | N. thielensis (203258) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | N. blanckenhorni (209379) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Ginglymostoma blankenhorni (83330) N. thielensi (81179 209524) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | N. thielensi (3256 3257) | |
| Eocene | Pakistan | N. obliquum (79971) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Ginglymostoma serra, N. thielensis (15595) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Ginglymostoma serra (77257 187560) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | N. thielensi (41992 41996 41998) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | N. blanckenhorni (32991) | |
| Lutetian | Mexico (Chiapas) | N. sp. (45920) | |
| Lutetian | Morocco | N. obliquus (91339) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | N. sp., N. thielensis (13346) N. thielensi (209521 209522) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | N. blanckenhorni (137540) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | N. sp. (140018) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Ginglymostoma serra (3534) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | N. sp. (173640) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Ginglymostoma serra (16848) N. thielensi (81266 176944) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Ginglymostoma serra (32925 55251 75638) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | N. theilensis, Ginglymostoma serra (45640) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | N. obliquus (96686 96688) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | Ginglymostoma serra (16549) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | N. thielensi (202013 202014) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | N. sp. (137554 137563 137569 137582) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | N. sp. (175334) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | N. obliquum (150337) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | N. sp. (133111) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | N. serra (97550) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | N. obliquum (78423) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | N. sp. (71651) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Ginglymostoma serra, N. obliquus (65162 112590) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil | Ginglymostoma serra (112581) | |
| Miocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ginglymostoma serra (18506) | |
| Burdigalian | Pakistan (Balochistan) | N. sp. (77783) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | Ginglymostoma serra, N. obliquus (58454) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | N. delfortriei (161445) |