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Galeocerdo clarkensis

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Galeocerdo clarkensis
Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ "Fossilworks Galeocerdo clarkensis".
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