Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Alternative combination: Squalus galeus
Synonym: Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan and Gilbert 1883
Belongs to Galeorhinus according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2025
See also Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2013, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Case 1981, Ebert 2003, Fitch 1967, Fitch 1968, Fitch 1970, Hay 1902 and Herman 1974
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus girardoti, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus loangoensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus mesetaensis, Galeorhinus microdon, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus parvulus, Galeorhinus tenuis, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus latus, Eugaleus falconeri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Portugal (1), United States (10: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (2), France (2), Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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