Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Galeocerdo contortus
Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1847. Monograph of the fossil Squalidae of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(3):191-206
Belongs to Physogaleus according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Clark 1895, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Landini et al. 2019, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946, VillafaƱa et al. 2020 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Physogaleus cuvieri, Physogaleus hemmooriensis, Physogaleus onkensis, Physogaleus secundus
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Cuba (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Panama (9), Peru (4), United States (18: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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