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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); and to Neoselachii by Rees (2000) and 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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
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 196.50000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Agaleus dorsetensis (136920)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Somerset) Agaleus dorsetensis (159478)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6Belgium Agaleus sp. (179491)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149429)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark Agaleus dorsetensis (90434)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Sweden (Scania) Agaleus dorsetensis (90692)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0France (Sarthe) Agaleus dorsetensis (149433)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Agaleus dorsetensis (149432)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149430 149431)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Agaleus dorsetensis (189042 206457)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Agaleus sp. (148935)