| Physogaleus Temporal range: Eocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Genus: | Physogaleus |
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Physogaleus is a small prehistoric shark that lived in the Eocene.
It was featured in the book adaptation of the 2003 BBC series Sea Monsters, a spin-off to Walking with Dinosaurs (1999). In the book, it tried to steal the kill of a Basilosaurus, with no results. It may have also appeared in Walking with Beasts, although the companion book identifies the shows' sharks as modern snaggletooth sharks.