Pachygaleus Cappetta 1992 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1992. Carcharhiniformes nouveaux (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) de l'Ypresien du Bassin de Paris. Geobios 25(2):639-646

Parent taxon: Galeorhinini according to S. Adnet and H. Cappetta 2008

See also Case et al. 2015, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Galeorhinus, Gomphogaleus, Hypogaleus, Khouribgaleus

Subtaxa: Pachygaleus lefevrei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (7: Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (2)

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

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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