Agaleorhynchus
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| Agaleorhynchus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Suborder: | †Sclerorhynchoidei |
| Genus: | †Agaleorhynchus Guinot et al., 2012 |
| Species: | †A. britannicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Agaleorhynchus britannicus Guinot et al., 2012 | |
Agaleorhynchus is an extinct genus of sclerorhynchoid from the Cretaceous period. It is named after Professor Andy Gale, in recognition of his work on Cretaceous chalk stratigraphy. It is known from a single species, A. britannicus, which is currently restricted to the middle Santonian to early Campanian of southern England.[1][2]
