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Eogaleus

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Eogaleus
Temporal range: Ypresian
Partially articulated skeleton from the Eocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Eogaleus
Cappetta, 1975
Species:
E. bolcensis
Binomial name
Eogaleus bolcensis
Cappetta, 1975

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]

References

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  1. ^ Larocca Conte, Gabriele; Trevisani, Enrico; Guaschi, Paolo; Fanti, Federico (2020). "New specimen of the rare requiem shark Eogaleus bolcensis from the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00725.2020. hdl:11585/775066. ISSN 0567-7920.
  2. ^ Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio; Kriwet, Jürgen (2018-08-01). "New observations on the anatomy and paleobiology of the Eocene requiem shark †Eogaleus bolcensis (Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae) from Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (7): 443–459. Bibcode:2018CRPal..17..443M. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.005. ISSN 1631-0683.