Galeorhinus

Galeorhinus is a genus of houndshark containing one extant species, the widespread but highly threatened school shark (G. galeus), and several extinct species dating back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian).^[1][2]

Galeorhinus Temporal range: Cenomanian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
School shark (G. galeus)
Fossil specimen of G. cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Subfamily:	Galeorhininae
Genus:	Galeorhinus de Blainville & Prévost, 1816
Type species
Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) See text for fossil taxa
Synonyms
Eugaleus Gill, 1864

The majority of extinct species are known only from fossil teeth, but the Early Eocene-aged species G. cuvieri is known from extremely well-preserved full-body specimens from Monte Bolca, Italy. The oldest known species is G. glickmani from the Cenomanian of Russia.^[3]

Species

Extant

• Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) - school shark

Extinct

Based on the Shark-References database:^[1]

• †Galeorhinus cuvieri (Agassiz, 1835) (sometimes placed in Physogaleus, but more recently refuted)^[3][4]
• †Galeorhinus duchaussoisi Adnet & Cappeta, 2008^[5]
• †Galeorhinus girardoti Herman, 1977
• †Galeorhinus glickmani Popov & Lapkin, 2000^[3]
• †Galeorhinus loangoensis Darteville & Casier, 1946
• †Galeorhinus louisi Adnet & Cappetta, 2008^[5]
• †Galeorhinus mesetaensis Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997^[6]
• †Galeorhinus minutissimus (Arambourg, 1935)
• †Galeorhinus muelleri (Jaekel, 1898)
• †Galeorhinus parvulus Darteville & Casier, 1943
• †Galeorhinus tenius Averianov & Udovitshenko, 1993
• †Galeorhinus ypresiensis (Casier, 1946)