Rhizoprionodon Temporal range: Eocene to Present
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Milk shark (R. acutus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: |
Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 |
Type species | |
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger, 1879
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Synonyms | |
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Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.
Rhizoprionodon Temporal range: Eocene to Present
Early
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Milk shark (R. acutus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: |
Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 |
Type species | |
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger, 1879
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Synonyms | |
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Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.