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Ginglymostoma

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ginglymostoma Müller and Henle
1877Acrodobatis Leidy
1889Ginglymostoma Woodward p. 348
1902Ginglymostoma Hay p. 310
1926Ginglymostoma White p. 11
1942Ginglymostoma Leriche p. 27
1946Ginglymostoma Casier p. 60
1958Ginglymostoma Casier p. 15
1963Acrodobatis Jordan p. 598
1963Ginglymostoma Jordan p. 598
1963Gynglymostoma Tabaste p. 470
1975Ginglymostoma Cappetta and Case p. 12
1981Acrodobatis Thurmond and Jones p. 44
1981Ginglymostoma Thurmond and Jones p. 44
1988Ginglymostoma Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1991Ginglymostoma Case p. 2
1997Ginglymostoma Noubhani and Cappetta p. 29
2001Ginglymostoma Purdy et al. p. 100
2002Ginglymostoma Sepkoski
2005Ginglymostoma Tabuce et al. p. 385
2007Ginglymostoma Cahuzac et al. p. 15
2014Ginglymostoma Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 82
2019Gynglymostoma Ebersole et al. p. 20
2019Ginglymostoma Hoganson et al. p. 21

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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
superfamilyOrectoloboideaMaylor 2012
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusGinglymostomaMüller and Henle 1838

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. 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 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 subafricanum Arambourg 1952
Invalid names: Acrodobatis Leidy 1877 [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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 105.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania G. lithuanica (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lithuania G. lithuanica (213720)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel G. sp. (35444)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chihuahua) G. sp. (35353)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) G. sp. (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) G. sp. (178660)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco G. botmaense (214829)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco G. botmaense (214830 214831) G. botmaense, G. erramii, G. pectinatum (214835) G. botmaense, G. pectinatum (214368 214374 214375 214838) G. pectinatum (214828) G. sp. (213665)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) G. botmaense, G. pectinatum (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) G. sp. (213580)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) G. cuspidata (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco G. subafricanum, G. botmaense (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco G. khouribgaense (116900 214832) G. subafricanum (91362 210053 214369 214370) G. subafricanum, G. khouribgaense (214372 214834)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) G. subafricanum (206776)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Saudi Arabia (Makkah) G. maghrebianum, G. sokotoense (140969) G. sokotoense (140968)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco G. chenanei, G. khouribgaense (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco G. chenanei, G. khouribgaense (214848) G. khouribgaense (214839)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) G. thielense (167948)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria G. sp., G. kouribgaense (232262)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Himachal Pradesh) G. sp. (194122)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger G. sokotoense (229530)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco G. khouribgaense (214833)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) G. subafricanum (62872)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India G. sp. (91316)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Saudi Arabia G. sp. (37182)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal G. sp., G. angolense (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco G. angolense (214846 214847 214851) G. angolense, G. maroccanum (158991) G. maroccanum (214840)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) G. maroccanum (209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) G. sp. (42655)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) G. africanam, G. subafricanum (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) G. subafricanum (62890)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil G. sp. (210208)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados G. angolense (221167) G. tielensi (221165)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo G. angolense (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (New Jersey) G. obliquum (16411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria G. obliquum (77257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco G. angolense (91339)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) G. sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) G. sp. (81266)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) G. obliquum (73434)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) G. delfortriei (118106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) G. obliquum (65162)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) G. sp. (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Gironde ) G. deltortriei (161755)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France G. sp. (90354)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) G. sp. (161623)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) G. delfortriei (148227)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) G. sp. (161611)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) G. sp. (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) G. sp. (161524 161533)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador G. sp. (204346)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) G. sp. (161377 162456)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama G. delfortriei (24237)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) G. delfortriei (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) G. cirratum (162465)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) G. sp. (154118)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) G. cirratum (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) G. cirratum (20604)