Galeorhinus
Genus of sharks
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Galeorhinus is a genus of houndshark containing one extant species, the widespread but highly threatened school shark (G. galeus), and several extinct species dating back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian).[1][2]
| Galeorhinus Temporal range: | |
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| School shark (G. galeus) | |
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| Fossil specimen of G. cuvieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Subfamily: | Galeorhininae |
| Genus: | Galeorhinus de Blainville & Prévost, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
See text for fossil taxa | |
| Synonyms | |
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The majority of extinct species are known only from fossil teeth, but the Early Eocene-aged species G. cuvieri is known from extremely well-preserved full-body specimens from Monte Bolca, Italy. The oldest known species is G. glickmani from the Cenomanian of Russia.[3]
Species
Extant
- Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) - school shark
Extinct
Based on the Shark-References database:[1]
- †Galeorhinus cuvieri (Agassiz, 1835) (sometimes placed in Physogaleus, but more recently refuted)[3][4]
- †Galeorhinus duchaussoisi Adnet & Cappeta, 2008[5]
- †Galeorhinus girardoti Herman, 1977
- †Galeorhinus glickmani Popov & Lapkin, 2000[3]
- †Galeorhinus loangoensis Darteville & Casier, 1946
- †Galeorhinus louisi Adnet & Cappetta, 2008[5]
- †Galeorhinus mesetaensis Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997[6]
- †Galeorhinus minutissimus (Arambourg, 1935)
- †Galeorhinus muelleri (Jaekel, 1898)
- †Galeorhinus parvulus Darteville & Casier, 1943
- †Galeorhinus tenius Averianov & Udovitshenko, 1993
- †Galeorhinus ypresiensis (Casier, 1946)