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
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	†Eogaleus Cappetta, 1975
Species:	†E. bolcensis
Binomial name
†Eogaleus bolcensis Cappetta, 1975

References

1. Larocca Conte, Gabriele; Trevisani, Enrico; Guaschi, Paolo; Fanti, Federico (2020). "New specimen of the rare requiem shark Eogaleus bolcensis from the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00725.2020. ISSN 0567-7920.
2. Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio; Kriwet, Jürgen (2018-08-01). "New observations on the anatomy and paleobiology of the Eocene requiem shark †Eogaleus bolcensis (Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae) from Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (7): 443–459. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.005. ISSN 1631-0683.