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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

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