Galeocerdo
Galeocerdo is a genus of requiem sharks that have lived since the Paleocene epoch. While these sharks were formerly diverse, only G. cuvier (the modern tiger shark) survives today.[2]
| Galeocerdo Temporal range: | |
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| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Galeocerdo J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
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Species
Species in the genus Galeocerdo include:[3]
- †Galeocerdo aduncus
- †Galeocerdo alabamensis
- †Galeocerdo clarkensis
- Galeocerdo cuvier
- †Galeocerdo denticulatus
- †Galeocerdo eaglesomi
- †Galeocerdo gibberulus
- †Galeocerdo latidens
- †Galeocerdo mayumbensis[4]
- †Galeocerdo minor
- †Galeocerdo mixtus
- †Galeocerdo productus
References
- "Fossilworks Galeocerdo".
- "iNaturalist.org".
- "Fossilworks: Galeocerdo". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Shark Teeth - Galeocerdo mayumbensis Fossils". www.blackriverfossils.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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