Physogaleus onkensis Boulemia and Adnet 2023 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdonidae

Full reference: S. Boulemia and S. Adnet. 2023. A new Palaeogene elasmobranch fauna (Tebessa region, eastern Algeria) and the importance of Algerian-Tunisian phosphates for the North African fossil record. Annales de Paléontologie 109(102632)

Belongs to Physogaleus according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023

Sister taxa: Physogaleus alabamensis, Physogaleus contortus, Physogaleus cuvieri, Physogaleus hemmooriensis, Physogaleus latus, Physogaleus maltzani, Physogaleus rosehillensis, Physogaleus secundus, Physogaleus tertius

Type specimen: TU/OPh-34, a tooth. Its type locality is Jebel El Onk mine, top of main sublayer, which is in a Thanetian carbonate claystone in Algeria.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel El Onk mine, top of main sublayer

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