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Galeocerdo (tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Galeocerdo Müller and Henle
1847Galeocerdo Gibbes p. 191
1873Galeocerdo Leidy p. 351
1888Galeocerdo Davis p. 7
1889Galeocerdo Woodward p. 443
1901Galeocerdo Ameghino p. 82
1902Galeocerdo Hay p. 311
1904Galeocerdo Chapman and Pritchard p. 273
1907Galeocerdo Jordan p. 101
1918Galeocerdo Chapman p. 7
1919Galeocerdo Jordan and Gilbert p. 21
1924Galeocerdo Chapman and Cudmore p. 116
1926Galeocerdo Bohm p. 78
1926Galeocerdo White p. 26
1942Galeocerdo Leriche p. 48
1946Galeocerdo Rapp p. 510
1958Galeocerdo Casier p. 70
1963Galeocerdo Jordan p. 599
1969Galeocerdo Deraniyagala p. 6
1981Galeocerdo Case p. 63
1981Galeocerdo Thurmond and Jones p. 62
1983Galeocerdo Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1987Galeocerdo Kumar and Loyal p. 64
1997Galeocerdo Noubhani and Cappetta p. 85
2001Galeocerdo Purdy et al. p. 144
2002Galeocerdo Sepkoski
2003Galeocerdo Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 124
2005Galeocerdo Compagno
2006Galeocerdo Rana et al. p. 515
2007Galeocerdo Kocsis p. 38
2014Galeocerdo Maisch et al. p. 191
2015Galeocerdo Reinecke and Radwanski p. 12
2017Galeocerdo Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Galeocerdo Kent p. 107
2019Galeocerdo Cantalice et al. p. 431
2019Galeocerdo Ebersole et al. p. 98
2019Galeocerdo Landini et al. p. 361
2020Galeocerdo Villafaña et al.
2022Galeocerdo Cicimurri et al.

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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

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.

G. Galeocerdo Müller and Henle 1837 [tiger shark]
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Galeocerdo acanthodon Le Hon 1871
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835
Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Galeocerdo davisi Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Galeocerdo denticulatus Agassiz 1835
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926
Galeocerdo egertoni Agassiz 1843
Galeocerdo gibberulus Agassiz 1843
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835
Galeocerdo minor Agassiz 1835
Galeocerdo mixtus Ameghino 1901
Galeocerdo rosaliensis Applegate 1978
Galeocerdo semilevis White 1926
Galeocerdo subcrenatus Emmons 1858
Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller and Henle 1838
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (253 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) Galeocerdo latidens (167948)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Galeocerdo latidens (31268) Galeocerdo sp. 1, Galeocerdo sp. 2, Galeocerdo latidens (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Galeocerdo latidens (42459)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Physogaleus alabamensis (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Ukraine Galeocerdo sp. (132391)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Galeocerdo latidens (127179)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India Galeocerdo sp. (210158)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Galeocerdo latidens (3256 3257)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Pakistan (Punjab) Galeocerdo latidens (38498)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Madagascar Galeocerdo eaglesomei (93587)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Australia (South Australia) Galeocerdo sp. (159894)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Galeocerdo sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Galeocerdo latidens (62573)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Galeocerdo latidens (31026)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (California) Galeocerdo sp. (191000)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Galeocerdo eaglesomi (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo latidens (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Galeocerdo latidens (60711) Galeocerdo semilevis (77257 187560)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Galeocerdo sp. (45920)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Galeocerdo eaglesomei (209521 209523) Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Physogaleus alabamensis (81238) Galeocerdo latidens (13346) Physogaleus alabamensis (209522)