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).
The majority of extinct species are known only from fossil teeth, but the Ypresian-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.
Species
Extant
Extinct
Based on the Shark-References database:
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† Galeorhinus cuvieri (Louis Agassiz, 1835) (sometimes placed in Physogaleus, but more recently refuted)
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† Galeorhinus duchaussoisi Adnet & Henri Cappetta, 2008
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† Galeorhinus girardoti Herman, 1977
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† Galeorhinus glickmani Popov & Lapkin, 2000
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† Galeorhinus loangoensis Darteville & Casier, 1946
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† Galeorhinus louisi Adnet & Cappetta, 2008
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† Galeorhinus mesetaensis Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
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† Galeorhinus minutissimus (Arambourg, 1935)
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† Galeorhinus muelleri (Otto Jaekel, 1898)
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† Galeorhinus parvulus Darteville & Casier, 1943
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† Galeorhinus tenius Averianov & Udovitshenko, 1993
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† Galeorhinus ypresiensis (Casier, 1946)
