Cretoxyrhinidae

Cretoxyrhinidae

Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Cretoxyrhinidae Glikman, 1958
Genera
Cretoxyrhina Cretolamna Dallasiella Palaeocarcharodon Paraisurus Plicatolamna Protolamna

Cretoxyrhinidae is an extinct family of sharks. Members of this family include Cretoxyrhina, a genus from the Cretaceous, and Palaeocarcharodon, a possible ancestor of the Great white shark and perhaps the Carcharocles megalodon, which may be the largest shark to have ever lived.

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