Galeocerdo clarkensis

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]

Galeocerdo clarkensis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Galeocerdonidae
Genus: Galeocerdo
Species:
G. clarkensis
Binomial name
Galeocerdo clarkensis
E. I. White, 1956

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