Cretoxyrhinidae
| Cretoxyrhinidae | |
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| Cretoxyrhina mantelli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cretoxyrhinidae Glikman, 1958 |
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Cretoxyrhinidae is an extinct family of sharks. Members of this family include Cretoxyrhina, a genus from the Cretaceous, and Palaeocarcharodon, a possible ancestor of the Great white shark and perhaps the Carcharocles megalodon, which may be the largest shark to have ever lived.
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