Rhizoprionodon

Rhizoprionodon
Temporal range: 53–0 Ma[1]
Early Eocene to Present
Milk shark (R. acutus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Carcharhiniformes
Family:Carcharhinidae
Genus:Rhizoprionodon
Whitley, 1929
Type species
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens
Klunzinger, 1879
Synonyms
  • Protozygaena Whitley, 1940
  • Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915

Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.

Species

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carrier, J.C., J.A. Musick and M.R. Heithaus, eds. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.
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