Eogaleus
Genus of extinct requiem shark
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Eogaleus is an extinct genus of requiem shark from the Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, E. bolcensis. It is known from multiple articulated individuals from the Bolca Konservat−Lagerstätte of the Ypresian of Italy. It was a shallow water species.[1][2]
| Eogaleus Temporal range: | |
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| Partially articulated skeleton from the Eocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | †Eogaleus Cappetta, 1975 |
| Species: | †E. bolcensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eogaleus bolcensis Cappetta, 1975 | |
