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Galeocerdo alabamensis
Chondrichthyes - Carchariniformes - Carcharhinidae
Taxonomy
Galeocerdo alabamensis was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Melvin, southeast of, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2 |
| 1981 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2017, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (3534) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (type locality: 28983) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (55251) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (45640) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (163744) |