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