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Galeocerdo clarkensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

Taxonomy
Galeocerdo clarkensis was named by White (1956). Its type specimen is BMNH P.30501, a tooth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Rocks, which is in a Priabonian foreshore claystone in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Galeocerdo clarkensis White pp. 145-146 figs. Figs. 24-26, Plate 11, Figs. 12-14
1981Galeocerdo clarkensis Case p. 63
1981Galeocerdo clarkensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62
2019Galeocerdo clarkensis Ebersole et al. p. 102
2024Galeocerdo clarkensis Verma p. 1994

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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
speciesclarkensis

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 clarkensis White 1956
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo clarkensis (81266 81278 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Galeocerdo clarkensis (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Galeocerdo clarkensis (237204)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Galeocerdo clarkensis (32925 75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo clarkensis (type locality: 45637)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Galeocerdo clarkensis (71975 73434)