Agaleus

Agaleus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Superorder: Galeomorphi
Family: †Agaleidae
Genus: †Agaleus
Duffin & Ward, 1983
Species:
†A. dorsetensis
Binomial name
†Agaleus dorsetensis
Duffin & Ward, 1983

Agaleus is an extinct genus of stem-galeomorph shark from the Early Jurassic Epoch. The genus Agaleus is monotypic, consisting solely of the species Agaleus dorsetensis. This species is currently only known from isolated teeth. It is the oldest known unambiguous crown group shark.

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