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Paragaleus

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Description

This genus has a rounded or slightly pointed snout, short gill slits, and a broadly arched mouth. The upper teeth have long cusps, and no toothless spaces occur at the jaw midlines. The dorsal and pelvic fins and the lower caudal lobe are not falchate in shape. Known fossil species include P. pulchellus and P. antunesi.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragaleus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2418765	https://www.gbif.org/species/2418765
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	34654	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34654

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Hemigaleidae : Paragaleus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Hemigaleidae : Paragaleus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
class	Chondrichthyes	Huxley 1880
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii
-	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
-	Selachii
superorder	Galeomorphi
order	Carchariniformes
family	Hemigaleidae
genus	Paragaleus	Budker 1935

Scientific Name

Paragaleus Budker, 1935

Name Published In

Budker, P. 1935. Description d’un genre nouveau de la famille des Carcharinidés. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 2 7(2): 107-112.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paragaleus	genus	belongs to Carcharhinidae	stated without evidence	Kumar and Loyal, 1987
Paragaleus	genus	belongs to Hemigaleidae	stated without evidence	Purdy et al., 2001
Paragaleus	genus	belongs to Carcharhiniformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Paragaleus	genus	belongs to Hemigaleidae	stated with evidence	Compagno, 2005
Paragaleus	genus	belongs to Hemigaleidae	stated without evidence	Carillo-Briceño et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Carchariniformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Carchariniformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Sharpnose Weasel Sharks, テンイバラザメ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragaleus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Paragaleus duplinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paragaleus leucolomatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paragaleus pectoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paragaleus randalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paragaleus tengi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Paragaleus Budker
1987	Paragaleus Kumar and Loyal p. 66
2001	Paragaleus Purdy et al. p. 141
2002	Paragaleus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Paragaleus Compagno
2014	Paragaleus Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 83

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Kumar K., Loyal R. S. (1987) Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India., Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32, 60-84

Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202

Compagno L. V. (2005) Chapter 16. Checklist of living Chondrichthyes, Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras, 503-548

Carillo-Briceño J. D., Aguilera O. A., et al (2014) Fossil Chondrichthyes from the central eastern Pacific Ocean and their paleoceanographic significance, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 51, 76-90 doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2014.01.001

Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species

FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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