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Galeocerdo 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 recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1942 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2 |
1981 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62 |
2019 | Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92 |
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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.
†Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Physogaleus alabamensis (81179 209524) | |
Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Physogaleus alabamensis (81238 209522) | |
Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (3534) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Physogaleus alabamensis (81266 176944 209520) | |
Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (45640) | |
Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (55251) | |
Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (type locality: 28983) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo alabamensis (163744) |