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Ginglymostoma obliquum

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Acrodobatis obliquus was named by Leidy (1877).

It was recombined as Ginglymostoma obliquum by Hay (1902), Fowler (1911), Leriche (1942) and Case (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Ginglymostoma serra by Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Nebrius obliquus by Leidy (1877), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Tabuce et al. (2005) and Boulemia and Adnet (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Nebrius obliquus Leidy
1902Ginglymostoma obliquum Hay p. 310
1903Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer p. 34 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1905Ginglymostoma fourtaui Priem
1905Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni Stromer p. 166 figs. Plate 15, Figs. 28-31
1911Ginglymostoma obliquum Fowler p. 31
1942Ginglymostoma obliquum Leriche p. 27
1981Ginglymostoma obliquum Case p. 61
1997Nebrius obliquus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 39 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-5
2005Nebrius obliquus Tabuce et al. p. 385
2023Nebrius obliquus Boulemia and Adnet p. 6 figs. 2S-V

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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
speciesobliquum(Leidy 1877)

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.

Ginglymostoma obliquum Leidy 1877
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (New Jersey) Ginglymostoma obliquum (16411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Ginglymostoma obliquum (77257)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ginglymostoma obliquum (73434)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Ginglymostoma obliquum (65162)