Eogaleus

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]

Eogaleus Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Partially articulated skeleton from the Eocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	†Eogaleus Cappetta, 1975
Species:	†E. bolcensis
Binomial name
†Eogaleus bolcensis Cappetta, 1975