Palaeorhincodon

Palaeorhincodon
Temporal range: 60–35Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839
Genus: Palaeorhincodon
Species
  • P. daouii
  • P.dartvellei
  • P.wardi
  • P. ypresiensis

Palaeorhincodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric whale shark from the Paleocene and Eocene of Africa and North America.