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Physogaleus onkensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Physogaleus onkensis was named by Boulemia and Adnet (2023). Its type specimen is TU/OPh-34, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel El Onk mine, top of main sublayer, which is in a Thanetian carbonate claystone in Algeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. americanus, P. latus, P. tertius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Physogaleus onkensis Boulemia and Adnet p. 8 figs. 3K-N

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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
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusPhysogaleus
speciesonkensis

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 onkensis Boulemia and Adnet 2023
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Physogaleus onkensis (type locality: 232262)