Galeorhinus
| Galeorhinus Temporal range:
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| School shark (G. galeus) | |
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| Fossil specimen of G. cuvieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Superorder: | Galeomorphi |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Subfamily: | Galeorhininae |
| Genus: | de Blainville & Prévost, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758
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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]
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)
References
- ^ a b "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ a b c Popov, E. V.; Lapkin, A. V. (2000). "A New Shark Species of the Genus Galeorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae) from the Cenomanian of the Lower Volga River Basin". Paleontological Journal. 34 (4): 435–438.
- ^ Fanti, Federico; Minelli, Daniela; Larocca Conte, Gabriele; Miyashita, Tetsuto (2016-04-01). "An exceptionally preserved Eocene shark and the rise of modern predator–prey interactions in the coral reef food web". Zoological Letters. 2 (1): 9. doi:10.1186/s40851-016-0045-4. ISSN 2056-306X. PMC 4818435. PMID 27042332.
- ^ a b Adnet, Sylvain; Cappetta, Henri (2008). "New Fossil Triakid Sharks from the Early Eocene of Prémontré, France, and Comments on Fossil Record of the Family". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (3): 433–448. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0306. ISSN 0567-7920.
- ^ Engelbrecht, Andrea; Mörs, Thomas; Reguero, Marcelo A.; Kriwet, Jürgen (2017-11-02). "New carcharhiniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the early to middle Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (6): e1371724. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E1724E. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1371724. ISSN 0272-4634. PMC 5856364. PMID 29551850.