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Palaeogaleus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy

Palaeogaleus was named by Gurr (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant. Its type is Scyllium vincenti.

It was assigned to Triakinae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triakidae by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Underwood and Ward (2008), Corral et al. (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019), Feichtinger et al. (2024).

Species

P. brivesi, P. dahmanii, P. faujasi, P. havreensis, P. larachei, P. navarroensis, P. prior, P. sublaevis, P. vincenti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Palaeogaleus Gurr
1993	Palaeogaleus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 9
1997	Palaeogaleus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 71
1999	Palaeogaleus Cappetta and Corral p. 352
2002	Palaeogaleus Sepkoski
2008	Palaeogaleus Underwood and Ward p. 524
2016	Palaeogaleus Corral et al. p. 650
2019	Palaeogaleus Hoganson et al. p. 29
2024	Palaeogaleus Feichtinger et al. p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
—	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Carcharhiniformes	Compagno 1973
family	Triakidae	Gray 1851
genus	Palaeogaleus	Gurr 1963

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.

G. †Palaeogaleus Gurr 1963

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†Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952

†Palaeogaleus dahmanii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

†Palaeogaleus faujasi Geyn 1937

†Palaeogaleus havreensis Herman 1977

†Palaeogaleus larachei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

†Palaeogaleus navarroensis Case and Cappetta 1997

†Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952

†Palaeogaleus sublaevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

†Palaeogaleus vincenti Daimeries 1889

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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Wasatchian or 85.70000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (70 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	United Kingdom (England)	P. havreensis (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	United Kingdom (England)	P. havreensis (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden (Skåne)	P. sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	United Kingdom (England)	P. havreensis (213378 213379 213382)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	P. havreensis (228234)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden (Götaland)	P. sp. (102886)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Belgium	P. havreensis (241906 242119)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France	P. faujasi (61351)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Volgograd)	P. sp. (38075)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	P. vincenti (26818)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Morocco	P. dahmanii (214368 214374 214831)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	P. vincenti (178550)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (North Carolina)	P. sp. (241417)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (South Dakota)	P. sp. (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Burgos)	P. faujasi (176782 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	France (Midi-Pyrénées)	P. sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	P. navarroensis (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Belgium (Limburg)	P. faujasi (241927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (North Dakota)	P. navarroensis (213580 213582 213583 213584 213585 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Belgium	P. faujasi (241990 242079)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian	72.2 - 61.66	Morocco	P. brivesi, P. dahmanii, P. prior (214373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene	72.2 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	P. vincenti (26819)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Morocco	P. brivesi (83311 242161) P. brivesi, P. prior (91362 116900 210053 214369 214370 214372 214832 214834) P. sp. (137838 137839)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	USA (Arkansas)	P. vincenti (206776)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Denmark	P. faujasi (241430 241431) Scyllium vincenti (89866)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Belgium	P. faujasi (241994) P. faujasi, P. brivesi (242087)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	P. vincenti (26820)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Austria	P. sp. (233260 233261 233358 233359 233361)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	P. vincenti (62840)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Morocco	P. larachei (133217)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Belgium	P. vincenti (133221 242028)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.66 - 56.0	Morocco	P. larachei (214839 214848)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Togo	P. sp. (61561)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Morocco	P. larachei (214833)
Wasatchian	56.0 - 51.1	USA (Virginia)	P. vincenti (15595)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	France (Oise)	P. vincenti (68175)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Morocco	P. sublaevis (214840)