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Galeoidea (disused)

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Galeoidea was named by Hay (1902).

It was reranked as the superorder Galeoidea by Kriwet (2003).

It was assigned to Squali by Hay (1902); to Selachii by Miller (1967), Deraniyagala (1969) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Neoselachii by Kriwet (2003); and to Galeomorphii by Kriwet (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Galeoidea Hay p. 301
1967Galeoidea Miller p. 223
1969Galeoidea Deraniyagala p. 5
1981Galeoidea Thurmond and Jones p. 43
2003Galeoidea Kriwet p. 585
2005Galeoidea Kriwet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
superfamilyGaleoidea
superfamilyGaleoidea

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.

Superfm. †Galeoidea Hay 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Galeoidea echinophora (113998)