Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative combinations: Eugaleus beaugei, Scyliorhinus beaugei

Synonym: Galeus doncieuxi Leriche 1936

Belongs to Abdounia according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025

See also Boulemia and Adnet 2023, Cappetta 1980, Case et al. 2015, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Abdounia africana, Abdounia enniskilleni, Abdounia finalis, Abdounia mesetae, Abdounia minutissima, Abdounia recticonia, Abdounia richteri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Morocco (9 collections), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia), Uzbekistan (2)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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