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Galeocerdo cuvier

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

Taxonomy
Galeocerdo cuvier was named by Peron and LeSueur (1822).

It was corrected as Galeocerdo cuvieri by Deraniyagala (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur
1968Galeocerdo cuvieri Deraniyagala p. 95
2005Galeocerdo cuvier dos Reis p. 36

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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
speciescuvierPeron and LeSueur 1822

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 cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) Galeocerdo cuvier (159352 159353)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Galeocerdo cuvieri (72084 87485)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvier (161380)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka Galeocerdo cuvieri (13449)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Galeocerdo cuvieri (14149)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvier (161381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) Galeocerdo cuvier (160576)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Galeocerdo cuvier (161384)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvier (161377)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvieri (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Galeocerdo cuvier (96700 118105)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Galeocerdo cuvier (160781)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Panama (Colon) Galeocerdo cuvier (168112)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Galeocerdo cuvier (191987 191989 191993 191994 191995 191996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Galeocerdo cuvier (92751)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Galeocerdo cuvier (77594)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Galeocerdo cuvier (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Galeocerdo cuvier (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Galeocerdo cuvier (204946)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvieri (46369)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Galeocerdo cuvier (154111)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Galeocerdo cuvier (91707)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Brazil Galeocerdo cuvieri (52644)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Galeocerdo cuvieri (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Galeocerdo cuvieri (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Galeocerdo cuvier (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo cuvier (187584)