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Plicatoscyllium globidens

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Ginglymostoma globidens was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hop Brook (HBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens by Case and Cappetta (2004), Cappetta et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. antiquum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ginglymostoma globidens Cappetta and Case p. 12 figs. Pl 9, figs 24,25; text-figs 6A-G
1988Ginglymostoma globidens Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1991Ginglymostoma globidens Case p. 2 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2004Plicatoscyllium globidens Case and Cappetta p. 11
2019Plicatoscyllium globidens Cappetta et al. p. 1164 fig. 29A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
superfamilyHemiscyllioideaNaylor 2012
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusPlicatoscyllium
speciesglobidens()

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.

†Plicatoscyllium globidens Cappetta and Case 1975
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma globidens (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma globidens (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Ginglymostoma globidens (128412)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Ginglymostoma globidens (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Ginglymostoma globidens (70268 70451)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Plicatoscyllium globidens (221571)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Plicatoscyllium globidens (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Ginglymostoma globidens (164558)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Ginglymostoma globidens (126600 126810)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma globidens (221052)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma globidens (type locality: 213744 213746)