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Physogaleus contortus
Taxonomy
Galeocerdo contortus was named by Gibbes (1847).
It was recombined as Physogaleus contortus by Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Physogaleus contortus by Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Galeocerdo contortus Gibbes p. 193 |
| 1889 | Galeocerdo contortus Woodward p. 443 |
| 1895 | Galeocerdo contortus Clark p. 4 |
| 1902 | Galeocerdo contortus Hay p. 311 |
| 1946 | Galeocerdo contortus Rapp p. 510 |
| 2001 | Galeocerdo contortus Purdy et al. p. 146 |
| 2007 | Galeocerdo contortus Kocsis p. 38 |
| 2018 | Physogaleus contortus Kent p. 110 |
| 2019 | Galeocerdo contortus Landini et al. p. 360 |
| 2020 | Physogaleus contortus Villafaña et al. |
| 2022 | Physogaleus contortus Cicimurri et al. |
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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.
†Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Messinian or 58.70000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (40 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Galeocerdo contortus (84048) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Galeocerdo contortus (75638) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | Physogaleus contortus (60444 224900) | |
| Aquitanian | Panama (Panama) | Physogaleus contortus (159349) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Galeocerdo contortus (71660) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Galeocerdo contortus (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru | Physogaleus contortus (167732) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | Physogaleus contortus (210593) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Physogaleus contortus (100330) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Galeocerdo contortus (70814) | |
| Burdigalian | Hungary | Galeocerdo contortus (210623) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Maryland) | Galeocerdo contortus (57786 70593) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Galeocerdo contortus (18579) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Cuba | Galeocerdo contortus (159595) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Physogaleus contortus (79793) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Galeocerdo contortus (48884) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru | Galeocerdo contortus (113242 113244) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Physogaleus contortus (57700) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Galeocerdo contortus (55396 57782 60376) | |
| Badenian | Belgium | Physogaleus contortus (208831) | |
| Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Galeocerdo contortus (161374) Physogaleus contortus (162456) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Physogaleus contortus (18554) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Physogaleus contortus (152251) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Galeocerdo contortus (24237) Physogaleus contortus (96700) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Florida) | Physogaleus contortus (162452 162457) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Physogaleus contortus (191987 191989 191993 191994 191995 191996) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Physogaleus contortus (179732) |