Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Galeocerdo aduncas, Galeus aduncus, Physogaleus aduncus
Synonyms: Galeocerdo davisi Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Galeocerdo gajensis Tewari et al. 1960
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (5me livraison)
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to T. P. Malyshkina et al. 2023
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Antunes and Balbino 2004, Antunes et al. 1981, Bengevoord 1973, Betancort et al. 2016, Bhalla and Dev 1984, Brisswalter 2009, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Everaert et al. 2019, García et al. 2011, Gibbes 1847, Gille et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Karasawa 1989, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Landau et al. 2025, Landini et al. 2017, Landini et al. 2019, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Maisch IV et al. 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Misra 1980, Nolf 1988, Pledge 1967, Ralte et al. 2011, Rapp 1946, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Türtscher et al. 2021, Vialle et al. 2011, Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo aeltrensis, Galeocerdo capellini, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo mayumbensis, Galeocerdo medius, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo platycuspidatum, Galeocerdo pygmaeus, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo similis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo sublaevis, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Italy (1), Spain (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (5), Austria (5), Belgium (7), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Czechia (2), France (12), Germany (2), Hungary (2), India (5), Italy (2), Japan (8), Madagascar (1), Malta (4), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (1), Panama (3), Peru (5), Poland (2), Portugal (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), United States (23: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene of Angola (1), Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Oman (1), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of India (1)
Total: 134 collections each including a single occurrence
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