Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Alternative spelling: Geleorhinus
Synonym: Eugaleus Gill 1864
Parent taxon: Galeorhinini according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Adnet and Cappetta 2008, Case 1981, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Hay 1902, Hoganson et al. 2019, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Long and Stilwell 2000, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Marramà et al. 2018, Marramà et al. 2018, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2006, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weiler 1938, White 1926 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Gomphogaleus, Hypogaleus, Khouribgaleus, Pachygaleus
Subtaxa: Eugaleus falconeri Eugaleus latus Galeorhinus cuvieri Galeorhinus duchaussoisi Galeorhinus falconeri Galeorhinus galeus 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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Portugal (1), United States (10: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Chile (1), Peru (1), Spain (3), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Japan (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Chile (3), France (10), India (2), Japan (1), Malta (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (1), Poland (2), Portugal (3), South Africa (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (2), United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Angola (2), Antarctica (2), Barbados (1), Belgium (6), France (11), India (5), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (8), the Netherlands (3), Nigeria (2), Qatar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (9), United States (18: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia), Uzbekistan (2), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene of Angola (1), France (2), Morocco (4), Togo (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (5), France (3), Germany (1), Israel (1), Sweden (3), United States (11: Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 177 collections including 192 occurrences
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