Rhizoprionodon

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Rhizoprionodon
Fossil range: Early Eocene to Present[1]
Atlantic sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon terraenovae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Rhizoprionodon
Whitley , 1929
Species

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Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, in the family Carcharhinidae.

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 

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