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Galeocerdo alabamensis
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 recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Physogaleus alabamensis by Ebersole et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2 |
| 1981 | Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62 |
| 2019 | Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92 |
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†Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available