| Cretoxyrhinidae Fossil range: Late Cretaceous | |
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 Cretoxyrhina mantelli - "Ginsu shark", from Late Cretaceous of Kansas | |
| Scientific classification
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Lamniformes | |
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Cretoxyrhinidae | |
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Cretoxyrhinidae is an extinct family of sharks. Members of this family include Cretoxyrhina, a genus from the Cretaceous, and Palaeocarcharodon, a possible ancestor of the Great white shark and Carcharocles megalodon, possibly the largest shark to have lived.
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