Paragaleus Budker 1935 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae

Parent taxon: Hemigaleidae according to B. M. Landau et al. 2025

See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Compagno 2005, Kocsis 2007, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Purdy et al. 2001, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Villafaña et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Chaenogaleus, Hemigaleus, Hemipristis, Moerigaleus

Subtaxa: Paragaleus antunesi Paragaleus pulchellus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Spain (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Angola (1), Belgium (1), Czechia (1), France (9), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Portugal (9), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of India (1), Western Sahara (2)

Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences

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