Carcharias
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For Carcharodon carcharias, see Great white shark.
Carcharias is a genus of mackerel sharks belonging to the family Odontaspididae (sand sharks). Once bearing many prehistoric species, all have gone extinct with the exception of the critically endangered sand tiger shark.
Quick Facts Carcharias Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to present, Scientific classification ...
Carcharias Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to present | |
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Sand tiger shark, (Carcharias taurus), the last extant member of the genus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Odontaspididae |
Genus: | Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 |
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