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Agaleidae

Chondrichthyes - Agaleidae

Taxonomy
Agaleidae was named by Rees (2000). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Galeomorphii by Delsate (2003); to Elasmobranchii by van der Laan (2019); and to Neoselachii by Rees (2000), Stumpf and Kriwet (2019).

Subtaxa
Agaleus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Agaleidae Rees p. 412
2003Agaleidae Delsate p. 8
2019Agalidae Stumpf and Kriwet p. 647
2019Agaleidae van der Laan p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
familyAgaleidae
familyAgaleidae

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.

Fm. †Agaleidae Rees 2000
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G. †Agaleus Duffin and Ward 1983
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†Agaleus dorsetensis Duffin and Ward 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Semicostatum to the top of the Levesquei or 199.50000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Agaleus dorsetensis (136920)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Agaleus dorsetensis (159478)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Belgium Agaleus sp. (179491)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149429)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Denmark Agaleus dorsetensis (90434)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Sarthe) Agaleus dorsetensis (149433)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Sweden (Scania) Agaleus dorsetensis (90692)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Agaleus dorsetensis (149432)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149430 149431)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Agaleus dorsetensis (189042 206457)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Agaleus sp. (148935)