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Physogaleus alabamensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdonidae

Taxonomy
Galeocerdo alabamensis was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Melvin, southeast of, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

It was synonymized subjectively with Galeocerdo latidens by Leder (2013); it was recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019), Türtscher et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aduncas, P. americanus, P. minor
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2008-06-27; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Galeocerdo aegyptiacus Stromer p. 175 figs. Pl 16, fig 4
1942Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2
1981Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62
2013Galeocerdo aegypticus Malyshkina et al. p. 99 figs. Pl 13, fig 17
2019Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92
2021Physogaleus alabamensis Türtscher et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyGaleocerdonidaePoey 1875
genusPhysogaleus
speciesalabamensis()

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 alabamensis Leriche 1942
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Invalid names: Galeocerdo aegyptiacus Stromer 1905 [synonym]
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81179 209524)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81238 209522)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine Galeocerdo aegypticus (113113)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81266 176944 209520)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (3534)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (163744)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo alabamensis (type locality: 28983)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Galeocerdo alabamensis (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo alabamensis (55251)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Galeocerdo aegypticus (137542 137543 137545 137549 137553 137557 137574)