Galeocerdo

Galeocerdo is a genus of ground shark. Only a single species, G. cuvier, the tiger shark, is extant.^[1] The earliest fossils date back to the early Eocene epoch, (Ypresian), around 56–47.8 Million years ago.^[2] While historically considered a member of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae, it is currently considered to be the only member of the family Galeocerdonidae.^[3] While this genus was historically considered diverse, including 21 extinct species, morphometric analysis conducted in 2021 suggested that the diversity of the genus included only 5 extinct species (including the Eocene †G. clarkensis and †G. eaglesomei, Oligocene-late Miocene †G. aduncus, Miocene †G. mayumbensis, and Pliocene †G. capellinii) much lower than previously assumed. The oldest fossils of the extant G. cuvier date to the middle Miocene.^[2]

Galeocerdo Temporal range: Eocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Galeocerdo cuvier
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Galeocerdonidae
Genus:	Galeocerdo J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
Type species
Squalus tigrinus
Species
See text

Species

Species historically considered valid in the genus Galeocerdo include:^[4]

• †Galeocerdo aduncus
• †Galeocerdo alabamensis
• †Galeocerdo clarkensis
• Galeocerdo cuvier
• †Galeocerdo denticulatus
• †Galeocerdo eaglesomi
• †Galeocerdo gibberulus
• †Galeocerdo latidens
• †Galeocerdo mayumbensis^[5]
• †Galeocerdo minor
• †Galeocerdo mixtus
• †Galeocerdo productus