Galeocorax

Galeocorax
Temporal range: Turonian-Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Pseudocoracidae
Genus: †Galeocorax
Cappetta, 2012[1]
Type species
†Galeocorax jaekeli
(Woodward, 1895)[2]
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
    • Galeocerdo jaekeli
      Woodward, 1895
    • Corax jaekeli
      (Woodward, 1895)
    • Paracorax jaekeli
      (Woodward, 1895)
    • Eugaleocerdo jaekeli
      (Woodward, 1895)
    • Paracorax unilateralis
      Averianov, 1997[7]

Galeocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single valid species, G. jaekeli, that has been found in Europe and North America.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
  2. ^ Woodward, A.S. (1895). "Note on a supposed tooth of Galeocerdo from the English Chalk". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6. 15 (85): 4–5. doi:10.1080/00222939508677842.
  3. ^ Cappetta, H. (1977). "Observations sur quelques Selaciens du Cretace superieur d'Angleterre avec la description d'un genre nouveau". Geobios. 10 (3): 479–485. Bibcode:1977Geobi..10..479C. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(77)80029-6.
  4. ^ Lambrecht, K. (1933). Handbuch der Palaeornithologie (PDF). Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger.
  5. ^ Herman, J.; Van Waes, H. (2012). "Observations diverses et déductions concernant l'evolution et la systématique de quelques Euselachii, Neoselachii et Batoidei (Pisces - Elasmobranchii), actuels et fossiles" (PDF). Géominpal Belgica. 2 (1): 1–89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-17.
  6. ^ Greenfield, T. (2022). "Determination of priority between Galeocorax Cappetta, 2012 and Eugaleocerdo Herman & Van Waes, 2012 (Galeomorphii incerti ordinis, Pseudocoracidae)". Zootaxa. 5162 (3): 299–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.7. PMID 36095504.
  7. ^ Averianov, A.O. (1997). "Additions to the selachian fauna of the Russian Cretaceous. 2. A new species of Paracorax Cappetta, 1977 (Chondrichthyes: Anacoracidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 6 (1/2): 315–316.