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Pachygaleus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Pachygaleus was named by Cappetta (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l].

It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triakidae by Case et al. (2015) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pachygaleus Cappetta p. 644
2002Pachygaleus Sepkoski
2015Pachygaleus Case et al. p. 1127
2019Pachygaleus 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

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. †Pachygaleus Cappetta 1992
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Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (19 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) P. lefevrei (211306)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus lefevrei (3260 8050 13299 185914 185933) P. lefevrei (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) P. lefevrei (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) P. lefevrei (68175)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. lefeveri (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. lefevrei (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus lefevrei (3256 3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. lefeveri (209521) P. lefevrei (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany P. lefevrei (121968)