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Galeorhininae

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Galeorhinidae was named by Gill (1862). It is extant. Its type is Galeorhinus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Galeorhininae by Hay (1902), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Popov et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Galeidae by Hay (1902); to Chondrichthyes by Jordan and Gilbert (1919); and to Triakidae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Popov et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Galeorhinini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Galeorhinidae Gill
1902Galeorhininae Hay p. 311
1919Galeorhinidae Jordan and Gilbert p. 20
1997Galeorhininae Noubhani and Cappetta p. 79
2024Galeorhininae Popov et al.

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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
subfamilyGaleorhininae(Gill 1862)
subfamilyGaleorhininae(Gill 1862)

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.

Subfm. Galeorhininae Gill 1862
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Tr. Galeorhinini Gill 1862
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G. Galeorhinus de Blainville and Prévost 1816 [school shark]
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†Galeorhinus cuvieri Agassiz 1835
†Galeorhinus duchaussoisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008
†Galeorhinus falconeri White 1956
†Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus 1758
†Galeorhinus girardoti Herman 1977
†Galeorhinus goncalvesi Antunes et al. 1999
†Galeorhinus hannibali Jordan and Beal 1910
†Galeorhinus louisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008
†Galeorhinus mesetaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835
†Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935
†Galeorhinus pulchellus Jonet 1966
†Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946
Invalid names: Eugaleus Gill 1864 [synonym]
G. †Khouribgaleus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza Arambourg 1952
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 85.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Israel Galeorhinus sp. (214861)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden Galeorhinus sp. (102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) Galeorhinus sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Götaland) Galeorhinus sp. (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Galeorhinus sp. (128412)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Galeorhinus girardoti (61352 61353)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Galeorhinus giradoti (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Galeorhinus girardoti (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Galeorhinus girardoti (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Galeorhinus girardoti (179290 213582 213583 213584 213587 213589)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Galeorhinus mesetaensis (214372)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza, Galeorhinus mesetaensis (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco Galeorhinus mesetaensis (214833)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus ypresiensis (62872)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Galeus cuvieri (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Galeorhinus sp. (71438)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Galeorhinus minutissimus (116904 158991 214840 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) Galeorhinus cuvieri (219837)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Galeorhinus sp. (100414)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Galeorhinus sp. (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus minor (13299) Galeorhinus sp., Galeorhinus minor (8050) Galeorhinus ypresiensis (3260)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Galeorhinus duchaussoisi (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Mexico (Baja California) Galeorhinus sp. (15671)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Galeorhinus ypresiensis (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus affini, Galeorhinus minor (62890)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India Galeorhinus sp. (210158)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Galeorhinus sp. (16712)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Galeorhinus sp. (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus louisi (209522) Galeorhinus sp. (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Galeorhinus duchaussoisi (234684)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Eugaleus falconeri (187560) Galeorhinus falconeri (77257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Galeorhinus sp., Galeorhinus ypresiensis (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus ypresiensis (41888) Galeorhinus ypresiensis (41989 41994 41996 41998) Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Galeorhinus minutissimus (41992)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados Galeorhinus minor (221168)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jordan Galeorhinus sp. (65226)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Galeorhinus sp., Galeorhinus ypresiensis (120885)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Galeorhinus sp. (45701 62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Galeorhinus sp., Galeorhinus ypresiensis (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Galeorhinus sp. (48074)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Galeorhinus duchaussoisi (176944) Galeorhinus falconeri (83251) Galeorhinus ypresiensis (209520)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus huberensis (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Galeorhinus huberensis (3534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeorhinus huberensis (55251 75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Galeorhinus falconeri (45637)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Galeorhinus sp. (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Galeorhinus sp. (96686 96688)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica Galeorhinus sp. (43030)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus huberensis (73434)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Galeorhinus sp. (161440)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands Galeorhinus latus (87249 87250)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands (Winterswijik) Galeorhinus latus (87248)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Eugaleus latus (124377)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Galeorhinus latus (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Galeorhinus sp. (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Galeorhinus latus, Galeorhinus galeus (71660)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Chile Galeorhinus sp. (102183)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Paragaleus pulchellus (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Galeorhinus sp. (37238)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Paragaleus pulchellus (161620)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Eugaleus sp. (59059)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Paragaleus pulchellus (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) Paragaleus pulchellus (161623)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Galeorhinus sp. (45505)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Galeorhinus parvulus (46365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Galeorhinus galeus, Paragaleus pulchellus (161524)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Galeorhinus goncalvesi (161384)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Galeorhinus goncalvesi (162017)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Paragaleus pulchellus (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Galeorhinus galeus (160781)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Eugaleus latus (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile (Antwerpen) Galeorhinus galeus (154114)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Galeorhinus sp. (22219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Galeorhinus sp. (162679)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Galeorhinus goncalvesi (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) Galeorhinus sp. (202927)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Galeorhinus goncalvesi (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Galeorhinus goncalvesi (65955)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) Galeorhinus sp. (70006)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Galeorhinus australis (50343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Galeorhinus hannibali (186032)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Peru Galeorhinus sp. (219058)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Galeorhinus zyopterus (219849)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Galeorhinus zopterus (85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Galeorhinus galeus (190889) Galeorhinus zyopterus (59063)