Archaeogaleus lengadocensis Guinot et al. 2014 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, and S. Adnet. 2014. A rare elasmobranch assemblage from the Valanginian (Lower Cretaceous) of southern France. Cretaceous Research 48:54-84

Belongs to Archaeogaleus according to G. Guinot et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: University of Montpellier VAL 191, a tooth. Its type locality is Mas d’Antrigoule farm, La Cadière-et-Cambo, which is in a Valanginian offshore shelf marl in France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mas d’Antrigoule farm, La Cadière-et-Cambo

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