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Galeocerdo alabamensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2
1981Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62
2019Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyGaleocerdidae(Whitley 1934)
genusGaleocerdoMüller and Henle 1837
speciesalabamensis

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81179 209524)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81238 209522)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (3534)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81266 176944 209520)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (163744)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Galeocerdo alabamensis (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (55251)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo alabamensis (type locality: 28983)