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Physogaleus

Physogaleus
Temporal range: Upper Thanetian-Tortonian [1] Possible Pliocene records [2]
Tooth of Physogaleus contortus from the Temblor Formation
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Perez, Victor J.; Pimiento, Catalina; Hendy, Austin; González-Barba, Gerardo; Hubbell, Gordon; MacFadden, Bruce J. (May 2017). "Late Miocene chondrichthyans from Lago Bayano, Panama: Functional diversity, environment and biogeography". Journal of Paleontology. 91 (3): 512–547. Bibcode:2017JPal...91..512P. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.5. ISSN 0022-3360.
  2. ^ César, Laurito (2018). Los selaceos fósiles de Ia localidad de Alto Guayacan ( y otros ictiolitos asociados).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilguy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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