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Galeocerdo alabamensis

Description

Galeocerdo alabamensis is an extinct relative of the modern tiger shark from the Eocene found in the Southern US.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4964507https://www.gbif.org/species/4964507
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125024https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125024
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo alabamensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo alabamensis
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 alabamensisLeriche 1942
Generic NameGaleocerdo
Scientific NameGaleocerdo alabamensis Leriche, 1942
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Galeocerdo alabamensisspeciesbelongs to Galeocerdostated with evidenceLeriche, 1942
Galeocerdo alabamensisspeciesbelongs to Galeocerdostated without evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Galeocerdo alabamensisspeciesbelongs to Physogaleusstated without evidenceEbersole et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Carchariniformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Carchariniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeocerdo_alabamensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1942Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche p. 48 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 2
1981Galeocerdo alabamensis Thurmond and Jones p. 62
2019Physogaleus alabamensis Ebersole et al. p. 92

References

Leriche M. (1942) Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis, Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45, 1-111
Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585
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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