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Rhincodontidae

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Family of sharks

Rhincodontidae
Temporal range: 60–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Paleocene - Present
Whale shark feeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839
Genera

Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon, is known from the Paleocene as well.

References

  1. "Rhincodontidae". Fossilworks.
Taxon identifiers
Rhincodontidae


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