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Galeorhinus
| Galeorhinus Temporal range:
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| School shark (G. galeus) | |
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| Fossil specimen of G. cuvieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Subfamily: | Galeorhininae |
| Genus: | Galeorhinus de Blainville & Prévost, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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Galeorhinus is a genus of houndshark containing one extant species, the widespread but highly threatened school shark (G. galeus), and several extinct species dating back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian).[1][2]
The majority of extinct species are known only from fossil teeth, but the Early Eocene-aged species G. cuvieri is known from extremely well-preserved full-body specimens from Monte Bolca, Italy. The oldest known species is G. glickmani from the Cenomanian of Russia.[3]
- ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ Popov, E. V.; Lapkin, A. V. (2000). "A New Shark Species of the Genus Galeorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae) from the Cenomanian of the Lower Volga River Basin". Paleontological Journal. 34 (4): 435–438.
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