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Paragaleus
Taxonomy
Paragaleus was named by Budker (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Carcharhinidae by Kumar and Loyal (1987); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hemigaleidae by Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Kocsis (2007), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Carcharhinidae by Kumar and Loyal (1987); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hemigaleidae by Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Kocsis (2007), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Paragaleus Budker |
| 1987 | Paragaleus Kumar and Loyal p. 66 |
| 2001 | Paragaleus Purdy et al. p. 141 |
| 2002 | Paragaleus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Paragaleus Compagno |
| 2007 | Paragaleus Kocsis p. 36 |
| 2014 | Paragaleus Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 83 |
| 2015 | Paragaleus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 12 |
| 2020 | Paragaleus Villafaña et al. |
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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. Paragaleus Budker 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | P. sp. (31267) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | P. sp. (96686 96688) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | P. sp. (118106) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp. (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Hungary | P. sp. (210623) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands | P. sp. (45505) | |
| Badenian | Poland | P. pulchelllls, P. sp. (162017) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | P. antunesi (91423) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal | P. antunesi (65954) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | P. antunesi (65955) | |
| Zanclean | Libya | P. sp. (136597) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp. (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Angola | P. sp. (154111) | |
| Gelasian | Ecuador | P. sp. (204353) |