Galeocerdo clarkensis
Extinct species of shark
Galeocerdo clarkensis Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Galeocerdonidae |
Genus: | Galeocerdo |
Species: | G. clarkensis |
Binomial name | |
Galeocerdo clarkensis E. I. White, 1956 |
Galeocerdo clarkensis is an extinct relative of the modern tiger shark that lived in Eocene Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana. Fossils have also been found in Mississippi. Six collections of fossils are known.[1]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks Galeocerdo clarkensis".