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Plicatoscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Plicatoscyllium Case and Cappetta p. 137
1997Plicatoscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta p. 40
1999Plicatoscyllium Cappetta and Corral p. 350
2016Plicatoscyllium Corral et al. p. 650
2019Plicatoscyllium Cappetta et al. p. 1164
2019Plicatoscyllium Hoganson et al. p. 20
2023Plicatoscyllium Guinot et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2E-M

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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
genusPlicatoscyllium

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. †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 youssoufiaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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 Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 83.50000 to 48.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma globidens (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma globidens (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Ginglymostoma globidens (128412)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Ginglymostoma globidens (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) P. globidens (221571)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Ginglymostoma globidens (70268 70451)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ginglymostoma globidens (164558)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France P. globidens (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Ginglymostoma globidens (126600 126810)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria P. sp. (117850 117852 117853 117854 117855 117857)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Jordan P. sp. (65224)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma globidens (221052)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) Ginglymostoma lehneri (221504)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan P. sp. (13366)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mali (Kidal) Gynglymostoma rugosum (206855)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) P. antiquum, P. derameei (83331)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco P. gharbii (116901 116902 116903 214829)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma globidens (213744 213746)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan P. sp. (65222 65223)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) P. derameei (213584 213587 213589 213601)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) P. lehneri (213730) P. minutum (176782)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. antiquum, P. derameei (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco P. gharbii (213665 214830) P. gharbii, P. youssoufiaense (214375) P. minutum, P. youssoufiaense (214368 214374 214838) P. pectinatum, P. lehneri, P. youssoufiaense (99627) P. sp., P. gharbii (213666) P. youssoufiaense (214828 214831 214836 214837)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) P. minutum (116894)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco P. youssoufiaense (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco P. sp. (83311)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Saudi Arabia P. sp. (37182)