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Plicatoscyllium gharbii

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Plicatoscyllium gharbii was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ben Guerir, couche 6, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Plicatoscyllium gharbii Noubhani and Cappetta p. 40 figs. Pl 14, figs 6-14

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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
speciesgharbii

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 gharbii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Plicatoscyllium gharbii (116901 116902 type locality: 116903 214829)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Plicatoscyllium gharbii (213665 213666 214375 214830)