Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 (tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

Alternative combination: Galeus latidens

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (5me livraison)

Belongs to Galeocerdo according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Bohm 1926, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Popov et al. 2024, Rapp 1946, Stromer 1910, White 1926 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Galeocerdo acanthodon, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo alabamensis, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo davisi, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo rosaliensis, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo tigrinus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Slovakia (1), United States (2: Maryland)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Germany (1), India (3), Namibia (1), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (6: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)

• Paleocene of Togo (1)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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