Agaleorhynchus is an extinct genus of Sclerorhynchidae from the Cretaceous period. It is named after Professor Andy Gale, in recognition of his work on Cretaceous chalk stratigraphy. It is known from a single species, A. britannicus, which is currently restricted to the middle Santonian to early Campanian of southern England.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | †Sclerorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Agaleorhynchus Guinot et al., 2012 |
References
edit- ^ Guinot, Guillaume; Cappetta, Henri; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J. (2012). "Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (3): 445–474. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.588255. S2CID 129777967.
- ^ "Agaleorhynchus britannicus | Literature | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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