Extinct genus of sharks
Physogaleus
Tooth of Physogaleus contortus from the Temblor Formation
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Carcharhiniformes
Genus:
† Physogaleus Cappetta, 1980
Type species
† Physogaleus secundus (Winkler, 1876)
Species
Physogaleus americanus Case, 1994
Physogaleus contortus (Gibbes, 1849)
Physogaleus hemmooriensis Reinecke & Hoedemakers, 2006
Physogaleus huberensis (Case, 1981)
Physogaleus latecuspidatus Muller, 1999
Physogaleus latus (Storms, 1894)
Physogaleus maltzani (Winkler, 1875)
Physogaleus onkensis Boulemia & Adnet, 2023 [ 3]
Physogaleus rosehillensis Case & Borodin, 2000
Physogaleus secundus (Winkler, 1876)
Physogaleus tertius (Winkler, 1876)
Physogaleus is an extinct genus of small requiem shark [ 4] that lived from the Late Paleocene [ 3] to Miocene epochs .[ 5] [ 6]
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^ a b S. Boulemia, S. Adnet (2023). "A new Palaeogene elasmobranch fauna (Tebessa region, eastern Algeria) and the importance of Algerian-Tunisian phosphates for the North African fossil record". Annales de Paléontologie . 109 (3). Bibcode :2023AnPal.10902632B . doi :10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102632 . S2CID 264571594 .
^ D. J. Cicimurri, J. L. Knight, J. A. Ebersole (March 2022). "Early Oligocene (Rupelian) fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Ashley Formation (Cooper Group) of South Carolina, USA" . PaleoBios . 39 (1): 1– 38. doi :10.5070/P939056976 . {{cite journal }}
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^ Reinecke, Thomas; Hoedemakers, Kristiaan (2006). "Physogaleus hemmooriensis (Carcharhinidae, Elasmobranchii) A New Shark Species from the Early to Middle Miocene of the North Sea Basin" . PalaeoVertebrata . 34 (1– 2): 1– 25.
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