Rhincodontidae

Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon, is known from the Paleocene as well.[1]

Rhincodontidae
Temporal range: Paleocene - Present
Whale shark feeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839
Genera

References

  1. "Rhincodontidae". Fossilworks.


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