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Galeus
Taxonomy
Galeus was named by Schaeffer (1760) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Agassiz (1835); to Carchariidae by Woodward (1889); to Carcharidae by Bohm (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); and to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Agassiz (1835); to Carchariidae by Woodward (1889); to Carcharidae by Bohm (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); and to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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.
G. Galeus Schaeffer 1760
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†Galeus latus Storms 1894
†Galeus porrectus Bohm 1926
†Galeus recticonus Winkler 1873
†Galeus robustus Bohm 1926
Invalid names: Pristiurus Bonaparte 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | G. sp. (62890) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | G. sp., G. porrectus, G. robustus (149316) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | G. sp. (161897 161900 161901 161902) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | G. sp. (161445) | |
| Tortonian | Poland | G. canis (121515) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Italy | Galeus indet. (59273) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | G. canis (78017) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | G. zyopterus (202639) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | G. sp. (197768) |