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Physogaleus Cappetta 1980

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Description

Physogaleus sp.

MATERIAL. — 40 isolated teeth, figured material includes FSAC Bouj-340, 341, 342 and 343.

DESCRIPTION AND REMARKS

Among the smaller carcharhinids, teeth of Physogaleus sp. (Fig. 4 A-C) are relatively frequent in both localities. Two coeval species of Physogaleus are redundant in the middle Eocene deposits. It concerns the larger P. secundus (Winkler, 1876) widespread in most middle Eocene deposits of North Atlantic (see Cappetta & Case 2016) and Neotethys, and the smaller P. tertius (Winkler, 1876) recorded in the same areas (Cappetta 2012). With very tenuous differences, both species may enter in the morphological variability of the other. Our material is well conserved, and teeth appear larger (up to 1.5 cm) than those of northern representatives.

Notes

Published as part of Zouhri, Samir, Gingerich, Philip D., Khalloufi, Bouziane, Bourdon, Estelle, Adnet, Sylvain, Jouve, Stéphane, Elboudali, Najia, Amane, Ayoub, Rage, Jean-Claude & Tabuce, Rodolphe, 2021, Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco, pp. 121-150 in Geodiversitas 43 (5) on page 127, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5, http://zenodo.org/record/4605963

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03923C45FF89FF803438FC4AFAD313C3

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4605973 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4605963 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFAB443DFF81FF883018FFDFFF95166E (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:697FC553-E37B-4EF9-97A4-950E4DEE246C (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03923C45FF89FF803438FC4AFAD313C3 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/180569470 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7746/taxon/03923C45FF89FF803438FC4AFAD313C3.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Physogaleus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Cappetta
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Physogaleus Cappetta, 1980 sec. Zouhri, Gingerich, Khalloufi, Bourdon, Adnet, Jouve, Elboudali, Amane, Rage & Tabuce, 2021

References

  • CAPPETTA H. & CASE G. R. 2016. - A Selachian Fauna from the middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 307 (1 - 6): 43 - 103.
  • CAPPETTA H. 2012. - Chondrichthyes II Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Stuttgart-New York. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 02 724634.1988. 10011678