Chaenogaleus Gill 1861 (ground shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Parent taxon: Hemigaleidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Jordan 1963, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Hemigaleus, Hemipristis, Moerigaleus, Paragaleus
Subtaxa: Chaenogaleus affinis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (7), Germany (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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