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{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|65|0|ref=<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sepkoski, J. |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |pages=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510170834/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |archive-date=May 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} <small>[[Danian]] to Present</small>
| image = Nebrius ferrugineus.jpg
| image_caption = [[Tawny nurse shark]], ''Nebrius ferrugineus''
| taxon = Nebrius
| authority = [[Eduard Rüppell|Rüppell]], 1837
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *''[[Nebrius ferrugineus]]'' <small>[[Rene Primevere Lesson|Lesson]], 1831</small>
*† ''[[Nebrius bequaerti]]'' <small>(Leriche, 1920)</small>
*† ''[[Nebrius blanckenhorni]]'' <small>(Stromer, 1905)</small>
*† ''[[Nebrius obliquus]]'' <small>(Leidy, 1877)</small>
*† ''[[Nebrius thielensis]]'' <small>(Winkler 1873)</small>
| synonyms = *''Nebrodes'' <small>Garman, 1913</small>
}}

'''''Nebrius''''' is a [[genus]] of [[carpet shark]]s in the family [[Ginglymostomatidae]].

It contains a single [[Extant taxon|extant]] species, the [[tawny nurse shark]] (''Nebrius ferrugineus''), as well as a number of [[extinct]] species dating back to the [[Early Paleocene]].<ref name="bourdon">Bourdon, J. (2007). [http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/sharks/nebrius.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html Fossil Genera: ''Nebrius'']. The Life and Times of Long-Dead Sharks. Retrieved on June 7, 2009.</ref>

==See also==
* {{C|Prehistoric sharks}}
* [[List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ginglymostomatidae]]
[[Category:Shark genera]]
[[Category:Paleocene sharks]]
[[Category:Paleogene sharks]]
[[Category:Neogene sharks]]
[[Category:Quaternary sharks]]
[[Category:Danian first appearances]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell]]
[[Category:Extant Danian first appearances]]


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