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Galeorhinus minor

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Galeus minor was named by Agassiz (1835).

It was recombined as Galeocerdo minor by Agassiz (1843), Gibbes (1847), Woodward (1889) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Eugaleus minor by Casier (1946); it was recombined as Galeorhinus minor by Casier (1958) and Cassier (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. australis, G. latus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Galeus minor Agassiz figs. Pl 26, figs 15-21
1839Galeus minor Agassiz Duplicate figs. Pl 26, figs 15-21
1843Galeocerdo minor Agassiz p. 232 figs. Pl 26a, figs 64-66
1847Galeocerdo minor Gibbes p. 192
1889Galeocerdo minor Woodward p. 446
1902Galeocerdo minor Hay p. 311
1926Galeus minor Leriche p. 464
1946Eugaleus minor Casier p. 85
1958Galeorhinus minor Casier p. 20
1966Galeorhinus minor Cassier p. 86

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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
familyTriakidaeGray 1851
genusGaleorhinusde Blainville and Prévost 1816
speciesminor()

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.

†Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus minor (62872)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus minor (8050 13299)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Galeorhinus minor (62890)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados Galeorhinus minor (221168)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Galeorhinus minor (41888)