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Pachygaleus lefevrei

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Galeus lefevrei was named by Daimeries (1891).

It was recombined as Eugaleus lefevrei by Casier (1946); it was recombined as Galeorhinus lefevrei by Cassier (1966); it was recombined as Pachygaleus lefevrei by Cappetta (1992), Case et al. (2015) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Galeus lefevrei Daimeries
1946Eugaleus lefevrei Casier p. 84
1966Galeorhinus lefevrei Cassier p. 86
1992Pachygaleus lefevrei Cappetta p. 644
2015Pachygaleus lefevrei Case et al. p. 1127
2019Pachygaleus lefevrei Ebersole et al. p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyTriakidaeGray 1851
genusPachygaleus
specieslefevrei(Daimeries 1891)

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.

Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus lefevrei (62872)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (New Jersey) Pachygaleus lefevrei (211306)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Pachygaleus lefevrei (68175)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus lefevrei (3260 8050 13299 185914 185933) Pachygaleus lefevrei (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Pachygaleus lefevrei (203258)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Pachygaleus lefevrei (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus lefevrei (3256 3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany Pachygaleus lefevrei (121968)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Pachygaleus lefevrei (13346)