Eogaleus

{{short description| Genus of extinct requiem shark}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range| Ypresian}}

| image =Eogaleus_bolcensis_556.jpg

| image_caption = Partially articulated skeleton from the Eocene of Italy

| taxon = Eogaleus bolcensis

| authority = Cappetta, 1975

| parent_authority = Cappetta, 1975

}}

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.{{Cite journal|last1=Larocca Conte|first1=Gabriele|last2=Trevisani|first2=Enrico|last3=Guaschi|first3=Paolo|last4=Fanti|first4=Federico|date=2020|title=New specimen of the rare requiem shark Eogaleus bolcensis from the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy.|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=65|doi=10.4202/app.00725.2020|issn=0567-7920|doi-access=free|hdl=11585/775066|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|date=2018-08-01|title=New observations on the anatomy and paleobiology of the Eocene requiem shark †Eogaleus bolcensis (Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae) from Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy|journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol|language=en|volume=17|issue=7|pages=443–459|doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.005|issn=1631-0683|last1=Marramà|first1=Giuseppe|last2=Carnevale|first2=Giorgio|last3=Kriwet|first3=Jürgen|bibcode=2018CRPal..17..443M |doi-access=free}}