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Ginglymostomatidae (nurse shark)
Taxonomy
Ginglymostomatidae was named by Gill (1862). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Ginglymostominae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Scylliorhinidae by Hay (1902); to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kriwet et al. (2009); to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectoloboidea by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the subfamily Ginglymostominae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Scylliorhinidae by Hay (1902); to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kriwet et al. (2009); to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectoloboidea by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Ginglymostomatidae Gill |
| 1902 | Ginglymostominae Hay p. 310 |
| 2001 | Ginglymostomatidae Purdy et al. p. 100 |
| 2005 | Ginglymostomatidae Tabuce et al. p. 385 |
| 2006 | Ginglymostomatidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2007 | Ginglymostomatidae Cahuzac et al. p. 15 |
| 2009 | Ginglymostomatidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 629 |
| 2009 | Ginglymostomatidae Kriwet et al. p. 322 |
| 2016 | Ginglymostomatidae Nelson et al. p. 62 |
| 2019 | Ginglymostomatidae Ebersole et al. p. 20 |
| 2022 | Ginglymostomatidae Cicimurri et al. |
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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.
Fm. Ginglymostomatidae Gill 1862 [nurse shark]
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G. †Cantioscyllium Woodward 1889
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†Cantioscyllium alhaulfi Kriwet 1999
†Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum Kriwet et al. 2009
†Cantioscyllium decipiens Woodward 1889
†Cantioscyllium meyeri Case and Cappetta 1997
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 cirratum Gmelin 1789
†Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889
†Ginglymostoma erramii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Ginglymostoma lithuanica Dalinkevičius 1935
†Ginglymostoma maroccanum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Ginglymostoma obliquum Leidy 1877
†Ginglymostoma pectinatum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Ginglymostoma sokotoense White 1934
†Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952
†Ginglymostoma ypresiensis Casier 1946
Invalid names: Acrodobatis Leidy 1877 [synonym]
G. †Hologinglymostoma Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Hologinglymostoma jaegeri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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
G. †Plicatoscyllium Case and Cappetta 1997
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†Plicatoscyllium derameei Case and Cappetta 1997
†Plicatoscyllium gharbii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Plicatoscyllium globidens Cappetta and Case 1975
†Plicatoscyllium lehneri Leriche 1938
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Invalid names: Ginglymostoma rugosum Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym]
†Plicatoscyllium minutum Forir 1887
†Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. Pseudoginglymostoma Dingerkus 1986
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Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum Geunther 1866
†Pseudoginglymostoma erguitaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Pseudoginglymostoma idiri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 155.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Collections (206 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Cantioscyllium sp. (140224) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Teruel) | Cantioscyllium alhaulfi (91420) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Ginglymostoma lithuanica (213709 213710) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (73862 77232) Cantioscyllium sp. (77229 77230 77233) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lithuania | Ginglymostoma lithuanica (213720) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Cantioscyllium sp. (88991) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Cantioscyllium sp. (213298) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Cantioscyllium sp. (98396) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Texas) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (213299) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (213291) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (213389) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (35365) | |
| Middle Turonian | France (Ardennes) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (213564) | |
| Coniacian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Cantioscyllium decipiens (213383) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Utah) | Cantioscyllium sp. (14417) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Cantioscyllium sp., Cantioscyllium decipiens (52037) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Jordan | Cantioscyllium hashimiaensis (62538) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Utah) | Cantioscyllium sp. (14409) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Ginglymostoma globidens (35289) | |
| Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Ginglymostoma globidens (70720) | |