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Galeocerdo latidens

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Galeus latidens Agassiz figs. Pl 26, figs 22,23
1839Galeus latidens Agassiz Duplicate figs. Pl 26, figs 22,23
1843Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz p. 231
1847Galeocerdo latidens Gibbes p. 192
1889Galeocerdo latidens Woodward p. 444
1902Galeocerdo latidens Hay p. 311
1904Galeocerdo latidens Chapman and Pritchard p. 273
1910Galeocerdo latidens Stromer p. 498
1924Galeocerdo latidens Chapman and Cudmore p. 117
1926Galeocerdo latidens Bohm p. 78
1926Galeocerdo latidens White p. 26
1946Galeocerdo latidens Rapp p. 510
1987Galeocerdo latidens Kumar and Loyal p. 64
1997Galeocerdo latidens Noubhani and Cappetta p. 85
2024Galeocerdo latidens Popov et al.

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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
familyGaleocerdidae(Whitley 1934)
genusGaleocerdoMüller and Henle 1837
specieslatidens()

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.

†Galeocerdo latidens 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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Serravallian or 59.20000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) Galeocerdo latidens (167948)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Galeocerdo latidens (31267 31268)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Galeocerdo latidens (42459)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Galeocerdo latidens (127179)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Galeocerdo latidens (3256 3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Galeocerdo latidens (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Galeocerdo latidens (234679 234684 234687)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany Galeocerdo latidens (121968)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo latidens (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Galeocerdo latidens (133429)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Galeocerdo latidens (60711)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Galeocerdo latidens (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Galeocerdo latidens (2412)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Galeocerdo latidens (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India (Himachal Pradesh) Galeocerdo latidens (31026)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Pakistan (Punjab) Galeocerdo latidens (38498)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo latidens (16848)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria Galeocerdo latidens (32905)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Galeocerdo latidens (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Galeocerdo alabamensis (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Galeocerdo latidens (45640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Galeocerdo latidens (62468)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Galeocerdo latidens (48642)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Galeocerdo latidens (122477)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Galeocerdo latidens (55396 57782)