Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Alternative combinations: Eugaleus lefevrei, Galeorhinus lefevrei, Galeus lefevrei

Belongs to Pachygaleus according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024

See also Adnet 2006, Adnet and Cappetta 2008, Baut and Génault 1995, Cappetta 1992, Cappetta and Case 2016, Case et al. 2015, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977 and Nolf 1988

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (2)

• Paleocene of France (9), United States (2: Mississippi, New Jersey)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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