Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Full reference: S. Adnet and H. Cappetta. 2008. New fossil triakid sharks from the early Eocene of Prémontré, France, and comments on fossil record of the family. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53:433-448
Belongs to Galeorhinus according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Adnet and Cappetta 2008, Cappetta and Case 2016, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Iserbyt and De Schutter 2012
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus girardoti, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus loangoensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus mesetaensis, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus parvulus, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus latus, Eugaleus falconeri
Type specimen: UM-PRE5, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Alabama)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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