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: Paleocene to recent[1]
Galeocerdo cuvier
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Galeocerdo
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
Type species
Galeocerdo cuvier
Species

See text

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
  1. "Fossilworks Galeocerdo".
  2. "iNaturalist.org".
  3. "Fossilworks: Galeocerdo". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. "Shark Teeth - Galeocerdo mayumbensis Fossils". www.blackriverfossils.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.