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{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Lutetian]]-recent<br/>~{{Fossil range|42|0|ref=<ref>{{cite book |title=Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives |author=Carrier, J.C. |author2=J.A. Musick |author3=M.R. Heithaus |name-list-style=amp |publisher=CRC Press |date=2004 |isbn=0-8493-1514-X |page=52}}</ref><ref name="Cicimurri2009" />}}
| image = Grey5b.jpg
| image_caption = [[Grey reef shark]] (''C. amblyrhynchos'')
| taxon = Carcharhinus
| authority = [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]] 1816
| type_species = ''[[Carcharias elegans]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Jean René Constant Quoy|Quoy]] & [[Joseph Paul Gaimard|Gaimard]] 1824
| synonyms =
* ''Aprionodon'' {{small|Gill 1861}}
* ''Eulamia'' {{small|Gill 1862}}
* ''Galeolamna'' {{small|Owen 1853}}
* ''Gillisqualus'' {{small|Whitley 1934}}
* ''Hypoprion'' {{small|Müller & Henle 1838}}
* ''Platypodon'' {{small|Gill 1862}}
* ''Pterolamiops'' {{small|Springer 1951}}
* ''Uranga'' {{small|Whitley 1943}}
}}

'''''Carcharhinus''''' is the [[type genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] Carcharhinidae, the [[requiem shark]]s. One of 12 genera in its family, it contains over half of the species therein. It contains 35 extant and eight extinct [[species]] to date, with likely more species yet to be described.<ref name="FishBaseCarcharhinus">{{FishBase genus | genus = Carcharhinus| month = February | year = 2011}}</ref>

== Species ==
=== Extant ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan="100%" align="center" | Genus '''''Carcharhinus''''' <span class="Person">[[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]] 1816</span> - 35 extant species
|-
! style="width:15%;" | Common name
! style="width:25%;" | Scientific name
! style="width:10%;" | Geographic range
! style="width:20%;" | Conservation status <br /> <small>[[IUCN Red List]]</small>
! style="width:30%;" | Length
! style="width:10%;" | Image
|-
| [[Blacknose shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus acronotus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Felipe Poey y Aloy|Poey]], 1860)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_acronotus_distmap.png|120px|Blacknose shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|1.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Blacknose shark nmfs.jpg|120x120px|Blacknose shark (''Carcharhinus acronotus'')]]
|-
| [[Silvertip shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus albimarginatus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Eduard Rüppell|Rüppell]], 1837)</span>
| [[File:Cypron-Range_Carcharhinus_albimarginatus.svg|120px|Silvertip shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|2|-|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus albimarginatus in UShaka Sea World 1100.jpg|120x120px|Silvertip shark (''Carcharhinus albimarginatus'')]]
|-
| [[Bignose shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus altimus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Stewart Springer|S. Springer]], 1950)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_altimus_distmap.png|120px|Bignose shark geographic range]]
| Near threatened
| {{convert|2.7|-|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>possibly {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_altimus_nefsc.jpg|120px|Bignose shark (''Carcharhinus altimus'')]]
|-
| [[Graceful shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1934)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchoides_distmap.png|120px|Graceful shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|1.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchoides_phuket.JPG|120px|Graceful shark (''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides'')]]
|-
| [[Grey reef shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Bleeker, 1856)</span>
| [[File:Cypron-Range_Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos.svg|120px|Grey reef shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| Mostly less than {{convert|1.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|2.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Grey5b.jpg|120px|Grey reef shark (''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos'')]]
|-
| [[Pigeye shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus amboinensis'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_amboinensis_distmap.png|120px|Pigeye shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|1.9|-|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>max. {{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus amboinensis csiro-nfc.jpg|120px|Pigeye shark (''Carcharhinus amboinensis'')]]
|-
| [[Borneo shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus borneensis'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Bleeker, 1858)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_borneensis_distmap.png|120px|Borneo shark geographic range]]
| Critically endangered
| {{convert|0.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 
|-
| [[Copper shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus brachyurus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1870)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_brachyurus_rangemap.png|120px|Copper shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|3.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus brachy.JPG|120px|Copper shark (''Carcharhinus brachyurus'')]]
|-
| [[Spinner shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus brevipinna'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_brevipinna_distmap.png|120px|Spinner shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Spinner shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Spinner shark (''Carcharhinus brevipinna'')]]
|-
| [[Nervous shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus cautus'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Whitley, 1945)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_cautus_distmap.png|120px|Nervous shark geographic range]]
| Least concern
| {{convert|1.0|-|1.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>possibly {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_cautus_csiro-nfc.jpg|120px|Nervous shark (''Carcharhinus cautus'')]]
|-
| [[Pacific smalltail shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus cerdale'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Charles Henry Gilbert|C. H. Gilbert]], 1898)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_cerdale_range.png|120px|Pacific smalltail shark geographic range]]
| Critically endangered
| {{convert|1.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_cerdale_SI.jpg|120px|Pacific smalltail shark (''Carcharhinus cerdale'')]]
|-
| [[Australian blackspot shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus coatesi'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1939)</span>
|
| Least concern
| {{convert|0.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_coatesi_csiro.jpg|120px|Australian blackspot shark (''Carcharhinus coatesi'')]]
|-
| [[Whitecheek shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus dussumieri'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_dussumieri_distmap.png|120px|Whitecheek shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_dussumieri_terengganu.jpg|120px|Whitecheek shark (''Carcharhinus dussumieri'')]]
|-
| [[Silky shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus falciformis'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_falciformis_rangemap.png|120px|Silky shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Silky shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Silky shark (''Carcharhinus falciformis'')]]
|-
| [[Creek whaler]]
| ''Carcharhinus fitzroyensis'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Whitley, 1943)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_fitzroyensis_distmap.png|120px|Creek whaler geographic range]]
| Least concern
| {{convert|1.0|-|1.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>possibly {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_fitzroyensis_csiro-nfc.jpg|120px|Creek whaler (''Carcharhinus fitzroyensis'')]]
|-
| [[Galapagos shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus galapagensis'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Robert Evans Snodgrass|Snodgrass]] & [[Edmund Heller|Heller]], 1905)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_galapagensis_distmap.png|120px|Galapagos shark geographic range]]
| Least concern
| {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharinus_galapagensis_1.jpg|120px|Galapagos shark (''Carcharhinus galapagensis'')]]
|-
| [[Pondicherry shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus hemiodon'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_hemiodon_rangemap.png|120px|Pondicherry shark geographic range]]
| Critically endangered
| {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_hemiodon_nmfs_2.png|120px|Pondicherry shark (''Carcharhinus hemiodon'')]]
|-
| [[Carcharhinus humani|Human's whaler shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus humani'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[William Toby White|W. T. White]] & [[Simon Weigmann|Weigmann]], 2014)</span>
|
| Data deficient
| {{convert|0.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|
|-
| [[Finetooth shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus isodon'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_isodon_distmap.png|120px|Finetooth shark geographic range]]
| Near threatened
| {{convert|1.6|-|1.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|1.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus isodon.jpg|120px|Finetooth shark (''Carcharhinus isodon'')]]
|-
| [[Smoothtooth blacktip shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus leiodon'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Jack Garrick|Garrick]], 1985)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_leiodon_distmap.png|120px|Smoothtooth blacktip shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|1.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_leiodon_nmfs_2.png|120px|Smoothtooth blacktip shark (''Carcharhinus leiodon'')]]
|-
| [[Bull shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus leucas'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1839)</span>
| [[File:Cypron-Range_Carcharhinus_leucas.svg|120px|Bull shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|2.3|-|2.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3.6|-|4.0|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Bull shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Bull shark (''Carcharhinus leucas'')]]
|-
| [[Blacktip shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus limbatus'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_limbatus_distmap.png|120px|Blacktip shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|2.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Blacktip shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Blacktip shark (''Carcharhinus limbatus'')]]
|-
| [[Oceanic whitetip shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus longimanus'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Poey, 1861)</span>
| [[File:Cypron-Range_Carcharhinus_longimanus.svg|120px|Oceanic whitetip shark geographic range]]
| Critically endangered
| {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Oceanic whitetip shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Oceanic whitetip shark (''Carcharhinus longimanus'')]]
|-
| [[Hardnose shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus macloti'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_macloti_distmap.png|120px|Hardnose shark geographic range]]
| Near threatened
| {{convert|1.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_macloti_csiro-nfc.jpg|120px|Hardnose shark (''Carcharhinus macloti'')]]
|-
| [[Blacktip reef shark]]
| <sup>T</sup>''Carcharhinus melanopterus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Jean René Constant Quoy|Quoy]] & [[Joseph Paul Gaimard|Gaimard]], 1824)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_melanopterus_distmap.png|120px|Blacktip reef shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|1.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_melanopterus_mirihi.jpg|120px|Blacktip reef shark (''Carcharhinus melanopterus'')]]
|-
| [[Dusky shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus obscurus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Charles Alexandre Lesueur|Lesueur]], 1818)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_obscurus_distmap.png|120px|Dusky shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|3.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|4.0|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Dusky shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Dusky shark (''Carcharhinus obscurus'')]]
|-
| [[Carcharhinus obsolerus|Lost shark]]<ref>Harris et al., 2019</ref>
| ''Carcharhinus'' ''obsolerus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[William T. White|White]], [[Peter M. Kyne|Kyne]], & [[Mark Harris (biologist)|Harris]], 2019)</span>
|
| Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
| {{convert|0.37|-|0.43|m|in|abbr=on}}<br/>(juvenile length only)
| 
|-
| [[Caribbean reef shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus perezi'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Felipe Poey y Aloy|Poey]], 1876)</span>
| [[File:Cypron-Range_Carcharhinus_perezii.svg|120px|Caribbean reef shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|2|-|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus perez.JPG|120px|Caribbean reef shark (''Carcharhinus perezi'')]]
|-
| [[Sandbar shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus plumbeus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Giovanni Domenico Nardo|Nardo]], 1827)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_plumbeus_distmap.png|120px|Sandbar shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|2|-|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Sandbar shark (Duane Raver).png|120px|Sandbar shark (''Carcharhinus plumbeus'')]]
|-
| [[Smalltail shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus porosus'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Camillo Ranzani|Ranzani]], 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_porosus_distmap2.png|120px|Smalltail shark geographic range]]
| Critically endangered
| {{convert|0.9|-|1.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus poro.JPG|120px|Smalltail shark (''Carcharhinus porosus'')]]
|-
| [[Blackspot shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus sealei'' <br /> <span class="Person">([[Viktor Pietschmann|Pietschmann]], 1913)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_sealei_distmap.png|120px|Blackspot shark geographic range]]
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_sealei_terengganu.jpg|120px|Blackspot shark (''Carcharhinus sealei'')]]
|-
| [[Night shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus signatus'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Poey, 1868)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_signatus_rangemap.png|120px|Night shark geographic range]]
| Endangered
| {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_signatus_nmfs.jpg|120px|Night shark (''Carcharhinus signatus'')]]
|-
| [[Spot-tail shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus sorrah'' <br /> <span class="Person">(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_sorrah_distmap.png|120px|Spot-tail shark geographic range]]
| Near threatened
| {{convert|1.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| <span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Carcharias_sorrah_by_muller_and_henle.png|120px|Spot-tail shark (''Carcharhinus sorrah'')]]</span>
|-
| [[Australian blacktip shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus tilstoni'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Whitley, 1950)</span>
| [[File:Carcharhinus_tilsoni_distmap.png|120px|Australian blacktip shark geographic range]]
| Least concern
| {{convert|1.5|-|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br/>maximum {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus_tilstoni_csiro-nfc.jpg|120px|Australian blacktip shark (''Carcharhinus tilstoni'')]]
|-
| [[Carcharhinus tjutjot|Indonesian whaler shark]]
| ''Carcharhinus tjutjot'' <br /> <span class="Person">(Bleeker, 1852)</span>
|
| Vulnerable
| {{convert|0.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Carcharhinus tjutjot in an aquarium 2.jpg|120px|Indonesian whaler shark (''Carcharhinus tjutjot'')]]
|-
|}

<sup>T</sup> [[Type species]]

=== Fossil ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Age !! Species !! Authority !! Formation !! Location !! Image !! class=unsortable | Notes
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|zanclean}};" | [[Montehermosan]] || rowspan=12 | †''[[Carcharhinus egertoni|C. egertoni]]'' || rowspan=12 | {{small|[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]] 1843}} || [[Onzole Formation|Onzole]] || [[Ecuador]] || rowspan=12 |  || style="text-align:center" rowspan=9 | <ref name="FWEgertoni">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=246012 ''Carcharhinus egertoni''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{period color|pliocene}};" | [[Pliocene]] || [[Luanda Formation|Luanda]] || [[Angola]]
|-
| [[Villamagna Formation|Villamagna]] || [[Italy]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|messinian}};" | [[Huayquerian]] || [[Camacho Formation|Camacho]] || [[Uruguay]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|tortonian}};" | [[Late Miocene]] || [[Penedo]] || [[Portugal]]
|-
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{period color|serravallian}};" | [[Middle Miocene]] || [[Sekinobana Formation|Sekinobana]] || rowspan=4 | [[Japan]]
|-
| [[Suso Formation|Suso]]
|-
| [[Hannoura Formation|Hannoura]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|tortonian}};" | [[Langhian]] || [[Higashi-innai Formation|Higashi-innai]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Colhuehuapian]] || [[Pirabas Formation|Pirabas]] || [[Brazil]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref name="DeAraujo2010" />
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Burdigalian]] || [[Calvert Formation|Calvert]] || [[Maryland]] || style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 | <ref name="FWEgertoni" />
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|aquitanian}};" | [[Early Miocene]] || [[Baripada Limestone|Baripada]] || [[India]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|piacenzian}};" | [[Piacenzian|Early Piacenzian]] || rowspan=29 | †''[[Carcharhinus priscus|C. priscus]]'' || rowspan=29 | {{small|[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]] 1843}} || [[Oosterhout Formation|Oosterhout]] || [[Netherlands]] || rowspan=29 |  || style="text-align:center" rowspan=26 | <ref name="FWCPriscus">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=280327 ''Carcharhinus priscus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|zanclean}};" | [[Montehermosan]] || [[Onzole Formation|Onzole]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|pliocene}};" | [[Pliocene]] || [[Luanda Formation|Luanda]] || [[Angola]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|messinian}};" | [[Hemphillian]] || [[Curré Formation|Curré]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|messinian}};" | [[Huayquerian]] || [[Pisco Formation|Pisco]] || [[Peru]]
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{period color|tortonian}};" | [[Late Miocene]] || [[Penedo]] || [[Portugal]]
|-
| [[Uscari Formation|Uscari]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
| [[Fujina Formation|Fujina]] || rowspan=2 | [[Japan]]
|-
| [[Takakubo Formation|Takakubo]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{period color|serravallian}};" | [[Badenian]] || [[Hrušky Formation|Hrušky]] || [[Czech Republic]]
|-
| [[Korytnica Clays|Korytnica]] || [[Poland]]
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{period color|serravallian}};" | [[Serravallian]] || [[Moulin de Débat]] || [[France]]
|-
| [[Kurahara Formation|Kurahara]] || rowspan=8 | [[Japan]]
|-
| [[Wajimazaki Formation|Wajimazaki]]
|-
| [[Horimatsu Formation|Horimatsu]]
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{period color|serravallian}};" | [[Middle Miocene]] || [[Sekinobana Formation|Sekinobana]]
|-
| [[Suso Formation|Suso]]
|-
| [[Hannoura Formation|Hannoura]]
|-
| [[Maenami Formation|Maenami]]
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{period color|langhian}};" | [[Langhian]] || [[Higashi-innai Formation|Higashi-innai]]
|-
| [[Florianer Schichten]] || rowspan=3 | [[Austria]]
|-
| [[Grund Formation|Grund]]
|-
| [[Weissenegg Formation|Weissenegg]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|langhian}};" | [[Middle Miocene]] || [[Punta Judas Formation|Punta Judas]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Burdigalian]] || [[Dera Bugti Marine Sand|Dera Bugti]] || [[Pakistan]]
|-
| [[Dam Formation|Dam]] || [[Saudi Arabia]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Colhuehuapian]] || [[Pirabas Formation|Pirabas]] || [[Brazil]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref name="DeAraujo2010" />
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|aquitanian}};" | [[Aquitanian (stage)|Aquitanian]] || [[Trent Formation|Trent]] || [[North Carolina]] || style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 | <ref name="FWCPriscus" />
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|aquitanian}};" | [[Early Miocene]] || [[Filakovo Formation|Filakovo]] || [[Slovakia]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|tortonian}};" | [[Chasicoan]] || †''[[Carcharhinus caquetius|C. caquetius]]'' || {{small|Carrillo Briceño et al. 2015}} || [[Urumaco Formation|Urumaco]] || [[Venezuela]] || [[File:Carcharhinus caquetius - Urumaco Formation - Venezuela.jpg|center|100px]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref>Carrillo Briceño et al., 2015</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Santacrucian]] || rowspan=2 | †''[[Carcharhinus ackermani|C. ackermani]]'' || rowspan=2 | {{small|Santos & Travasos 1960}} || [[Cantaure Formation, Venezuela|Cantaure]] || [[Venezuela]] || rowspan=2 |  || style="text-align:center" | <ref>Aguilera & De Aguilera, 2001</ref><ref name="FWCAckermani">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=246011 ''C. ackermani''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
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| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Colhuehuapian]] || [[Pirabas Formation|Pirabas]] || [[Brazil]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref name="DeAraujo2010">De Aráujo Távora et al., 2010</ref>
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| style="background-color: {{period color|burdigalian}};" | [[Burdigalian]] || rowspan=8 | †''[[Carcharhinus gibbesi|C. gibbesi]]'' || rowspan=8 | {{small|Woodward 1889}} || [[Trent Formation|Trent]] || [[North Carolina]] || rowspan=8 | [[File:Carcharhinus gibbesi - Chandler Bridge Formation - USA.jpg|center|100px]] || style="text-align:center" rowspan=8 | <ref name="Cicimurri2009">Cicimurri & Knight, 2009</ref><ref name="FWCGibbesi">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=170190 ''C. gibbesi''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
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| style="background-color: {{period color|chattian}};" | [[Chattian]] || [[Chandler Bridge Formation|Chandler Bridge]] || [[South Carolina]]
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| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{period color|priabonian}};" | [[Priabonian]] || [[Clinchfield Formation|Clinchfield]] || [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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| [[Yazoo Formation|Yazoo]] || [[Alabama]]<br/>[[Louisiana]]
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| [[Jackson Group|Jackson Gp.]] || [[Arkansas]]
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{period color|bartonian}};" | [[Bartonian]] || [[Gosport Sand Formation|Gosport Sand]] || [[Alabama]]
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| [[Moodys Branch Formation|Moodys Branch]] || [[Louisiana]]<br/>[[Mississippi]]
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| style="background-color: {{period color|lutetian}};" | [[Lutetian]] || [[Crockett Formation|Crockett]] || [[Texas]]
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| style="background-color: {{period color|rupelian}};" | [[Rupelian]] || †''[[Carcharhinus balochenisis|C. balochenisis]]'' || {{small|Adnet et al. 2007}} || [[Chitarwata Formation|Chitarwata]] || [[Pakistan]] ||  || style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Adnet2007">Adnet et al., 2007</ref><ref name="FWCBalochenisis">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=285219 ''C. balochenisis''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{period color|rupelian}};" | [[Rupelian]] || rowspan=2 | †''[[Carcharhinus perseus|C. perseus]]'' || rowspan=2 | {{small|Adnet et al. 2007}} || [[Chitarwata Formation|Chitarwata]] || [[Pakistan]] || rowspan=2 |  || style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 | <ref name="Adnet2007" /><ref name="FWCPerseus">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=285220 ''C. perseus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
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| [[Minqar Tabaghbagh]] || [[Egypt]] 
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| style="background-color: {{period color|bartonian}};" | [[Bartonian]] || †''[[Carcharhinus nigeriensis|C. nigeriensis]]'' || {{small|White 1926}} || [[Ameki Formation|Ameki]] || [[Nigeria]] ||  || style="text-align:center" | <ref name="FWCNigeriensis">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=358307 ''C. nigeriensis''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref><ref>Halstead & Middleton, 1974</ref>
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Sharks}}
* [[List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite journal |last=Adnet |first=S. |last2=Antoine |first2=P.-O. |last3=Hassan Baqri |first3=S.R. |last4=Crochet |first4=J. |last5=Marivaux |first5=L. |last6=Welcomme |first6=J. |last7=Métais |first7=G. |year=2007 |title=New tropical carcharhinids (chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes) from the late Eocene–early Oligocene of Balochistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223451780_New_tropical_carcharhinids_chondrichthyes_Carcharhiniformes_from_the_late_Eocene-early_Oligocene_of_Balochistan_Pakistan_Paleoenvironmental_and_paleogeographic_implications |journal=[[Journal of Asian Earth Sciences]] |volume=30 |pages=303–323 |access-date=2019-03-05}}
* {{cite journal |last=Aguilera |first=Ó |last2=De Aguilera |first2=D. |year=2001 |title=An exceptional coastal upwelling fish assemblage in the Caribbean Neogene |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228782766_An_exceptional_coastal_upwelling_fish_assemblage_in_the_Caribbean_Neogene |journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]] |volume=75 |pages=732–742 |access-date=2019-03-05}}
* {{cite journal |last=De Araújo Távora |first=Vladimir |last2=Rodrigues dos Santos |first2=André Augusto |last3=Neto Araújo |first3=Raphael |year=2010 |title=Localidades fossilíferas da Formação Pirabas (Mioceno Inferior) |url=http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv5n2_2010/localidades(tavora).pdf |journal=[[Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi]] |volume=5 |pages=207–224 |access-date=2017-08-15}}
* {{cite journal |last=Carrillo Briceño |first=Jorge D. |last2=Maxwell |first2=Erin |last3=Aguilera |first3=Órangel A. |last4=Sánchez |first4=Rodolfo |last5=Sánchez Villagra |first5=Marcelo R. |year=2015 |title=Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela) |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139230&type=printable |journal=[[PLoS ONE]] |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=e0139230 |access-date=2019-03-05}}
* {{cite journal |last=Cicimurri |first=D.J. |last2=Knight |first2=J.L. |year=2009 |title=Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app54/app20080077.pdf |journal=[[Acta Palaeontologica Polonica]] |volume=54 |pages=627–647 |access-date=2019-03-05}}
* {{cite journal |last=Halstead |first=L.B. |last2=Middleton |first2=J.A. |year=1974 |title=New material of the archaeocete whale ''Pappocetus lugardi'' Andrews, from the middle Eocene of Nigeria |journal=[[Journal of Mining and Geology]] |volume=8 |pages=81–85}}
* {{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Mark |last2=Kyne |first2=Peter M. |last3=White |first3=William T. |year=2019 |title=Lost before found: A new species of whaler shark ''Carcharhinus obsolerus'' from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209387&type=printable |journal=[[PLoS ONE]] |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=e0209387 |access-date=2019-03-05}}

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