| Galeocerdo Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Galeocerdo J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Galeocerdo cuvier | |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Galeocerdo is a genus of requiem sharks that have lived since the Paleocene epoch. While these sharks were formerly diverse, only G. cuvier (the modern tiger shark) survives today.[2]