Carcharias
Carcharias is a genus of mackerel sharks belonging to the family Odontaspididae (sand sharks). Once bearing many prehistoric species, all have gone extinct with the exception of the critically endangered sand tiger shark.
| Carcharias Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to present | |
|---|---|
| Sand tiger shark, (Carcharias taurus), the last extant member of the genus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Odontaspididae |
| Genus: | Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 |
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