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Physogaleus alabamensis
Taxonomy
Galeocerdo alabamensis was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Melvin, southeast of, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.
It was synonymized subjectively with Galeocerdo latidens by Leder (2013); it was recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019), Türtscher et al. (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Galeocerdo latidens by Leder (2013); it was recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019), Türtscher et al. (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Galeocerdo aegyptiacus Stromer p. 175 figs. Pl 16, fig 4 |
| 1942 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2 |
| 1981 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62 |
| 2013 | Galeocerdo aegypticus Malyshkina et al. p. 99 figs. Pl 13, fig 17 |
| 2019 | Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92 |
| 2021 | Physogaleus alabamensis Türtscher 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.
†Physogaleus alabamensis Leriche 1942
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Invalid names: Galeocerdo aegyptiacus Stromer 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available