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Galeocerdo (tiger shark)
Taxonomy
Galeocerdo was named by Müller and Henle (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant. Its type is Galeocerdo tigrinus.
It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1873); to Galeorhininae by Hay (1902); to Galeorhinidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919); to Carchariidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Jordan (1907), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924); to Carcharidae by Ameghino (1901), Bohm (1926); to Lamnidae by Leriche (1942); to Eulamiidae by Rapp (1946); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Isuridae by Deraniyagala (1969); to Galeocerdinae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Carcharinidae by White (1926), Casier (1958), Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003); to Galeocerdonidae by Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025); to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Rana et al. (2006), Kocsis (2007), Maisch et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Cantalice et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cantalice et al. (2025); and to Galeocerdidae by Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Verma (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1873); to Galeorhininae by Hay (1902); to Galeorhinidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919); to Carchariidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Jordan (1907), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924); to Carcharidae by Ameghino (1901), Bohm (1926); to Lamnidae by Leriche (1942); to Eulamiidae by Rapp (1946); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Isuridae by Deraniyagala (1969); to Galeocerdinae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Carcharinidae by White (1926), Casier (1958), Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003); to Galeocerdonidae by Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025); to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Rana et al. (2006), Kocsis (2007), Maisch et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Cantalice et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cantalice et al. (2025); and to Galeocerdidae by Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Verma (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Galeocerdo Müller and Henle |
| 1847 | Galeocerdo Gibbes p. 191 |
| 1873 | Galeocerdo Leidy p. 351 |
| 1888 | Galeocerdo Davis p. 7 |
| 1889 | Galeocerdo Woodward p. 443 |
| 1901 | Galeocerdo Ameghino p. 82 |
| 1902 | Galeocerdo Hay p. 311 |
| 1904 | Galeocerdo Chapman and Pritchard p. 273 |
| 1907 | Galeocerdo Jordan p. 101 |
| 1918 | Galeocerdo Chapman p. 7 |
| 1919 | Galeocerdo Jordan and Gilbert p. 21 |
| 1924 | Galeocerdo Chapman and Cudmore p. 116 |
| 1926 | Galeocerdo Bohm p. 78 |
| 1926 | Galeocerdo White p. 26 |
| 1942 | Galeocerdo Leriche p. 48 |
| 1946 | Galeocerdo Rapp p. 510 |
| 1958 | Galeocerdo Casier p. 70 |
| 1963 | Galeocerdo Jordan p. 599 |
| 1969 | Galeocerdo Deraniyagala p. 6 |
| 1981 | Galeocerdo Case p. 63 |
| 1981 | Galeocerdo Thurmond and Jones p. 62 |
| 1983 | Galeocerdo Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
| 1987 | Galeocerdo Kumar and Loyal p. 64 |
| 1997 | Galeocerdo Noubhani and Cappetta p. 85 |
| 2001 | Galeocerdo Purdy et al. p. 144 |
| 2002 | Galeocerdo Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Galeocerdo Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 124 |
| 2005 | Galeocerdo Compagno |
| 2006 | Galeocerdo Rana et al. p. 515 |
| 2007 | Galeocerdo Kocsis p. 38 |
| 2014 | Galeocerdo Maisch et al. p. 191 |
| 2015 | Galeocerdo Reinecke and Radwanski p. 12 |
| 2017 | Galeocerdo Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2018 | Galeocerdo Kent p. 107 |
| 2019 | Galeocerdo Cantalice et al. p. 431 |
| 2019 | Galeocerdo Ebersole et al. p. 98 |
| 2019 | Galeocerdo Landini et al. p. 361 |
| 2020 | Galeocerdo Villafaña et al. |
| 2022 | Galeocerdo Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Galeocerdo Ebersole et al. p. 10 |
| 2024 | Galeocerdo Verma p. 1994 |
| 2025 | Galeocerdo Cantalice et al. p. 12 |
| 2025 | Galeocerdo Cicimurri et al. p. 45 |
| 2025 | Galeocerdo Popov et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Galeocerdo Müller and Henle 1837 [tiger shark]
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†Galeocerdo acanthodon Le Hon 1871
†Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835
†Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942
†Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956
†Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
†Galeocerdo davisi Chapman and Pritchard 1904
†Galeocerdo denticulatus Agassiz 1835
†Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926
†Galeocerdo egertoni Agassiz 1843
†Galeocerdo gibberulus Agassiz 1843
†Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835
†Galeocerdo mayumbensis Darteville and Casier 1943
†Galeocerdo minor Agassiz 1835
†Galeocerdo mixtus Ameghino 1901
†Galeocerdo platycuspidatum Cicimurri et al. 2025
†Galeocerdo rosaliensis Applegate 1978
†Galeocerdo semilevis White 1926
†Galeocerdo subcrenatus Emmons 1858
Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller and Henle 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available