Galeocerdo
| Galeocerdo | |
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| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Galeocerdo |
| Type species | |
| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
| Species | |
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Galeocerdo is a genus of requiem sharks that have lived since the Eocene epoch. While formerly diverse, only Galeocerdo cuvier (the modern tiger shark) survives today.
Species
Species in the genus Galeocerdo include:[1]
- †Galeocerdo aduncus
- †Galeocerdo alabamensis
- †Galeocerdo clarkensis
- †Galeocerdo contortus
- Galeocerdo cuvier
- †Galeocerdo denticulatus
- †Galeocerdo eaglesomi
- †Galeocerdo gibberulus
- †Galeocerdo latidens
- †Galeocerdo mayumbensis[2]
- †Galeocerdo minor
- †Galeocerdo mixtus
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Galeocerdo". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ↑ "Shark Teeth - Galeocerdo mayumbensis Fossils". www.blackriverfossils.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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