Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Eugaleus beaugei, Galeorhinus beaugei, Scyliorhinus beaugei
Synonym: Galeus doncieuxi Leriche 1936
Belongs to Abdounia according to P. J. De Schutter and E. Steurbaut 2025
See also Bor 1985, Boulemia and Adnet 2023, Cappetta 1980, Case et al. 2015, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Dutheil and Merle 1992, Ebersole et al. 2019, Nolf 1988, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 and Popov et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Abdounia africana, Abdounia belselensis, Abdounia biauriculata, Abdounia enniskilleni, Abdounia finalis, Abdounia lapierrei, Abdounia lata, Abdounia mesetae, Abdounia minutissima, Abdounia osipovae, Abdounia recticona, Abdounia richteri, Abdounia vassilyevae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (3 collections), Belgium (4), France (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (9), the Netherlands (2), 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: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
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