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Galeocerdo latidens ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4824346https://www.gbif.org/species/4824346
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)154351https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=154351
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo latidens
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo latidens
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
-Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderCarchariniformes
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusGaleocerdoMüller and Henle 1837
speciesGaleocerdo latidensAgassiz 1843
Generic NameGaleocerdo
Scientific NameGaleocerdo latidens Agassiz, 1843
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Galeocerdo latidensspeciesbelongs to Galeocerdostated without evidenceAgassiz, 1843
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Carchariniformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Carchariniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1843Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz p. 231
1847Galeocerdo latidens Gibbes p. 192
1889Galeocerdo latidens Woodward p. 444
1902Galeocerdo latidens Hay p. 311
1904Galeocerdo latidens Chapman and Pritchard p. 273
1924Galeocerdo latidens Chapman and Cudmore p. 117
1926Galeocerdo latidens Bohm p. 78
1926Galeocerdo latidens White p. 26
1946Galeocerdo latidens Rapp p. 510
1987Galeocerdo latidens Kumar and Loyal p. 64

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 157-390
Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Chapman F., Pritchard G. B. (1904) Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17, 267-297
Chapman F., Cudmore F. A. (1924) New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group, Royal Society of Victoria 36 2, 107-162
Bohm J. (1926) Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern, Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2, 55-87
White E. I. (1926) Eocene fishes from Nigeria, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10, 1-87
Kumar K., Loyal R. S. (1987) Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India., Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32, 60-84
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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