Cetorhinidae
Family of sharks
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Cetorhinidae is a family of filter feeding mackerel sharks, whose members are commonly known as basking sharks. It includes the extant basking shark, Cetorhinus, as well as three extinct genera, Pseudocetorhinus, Caucasochasma and Keasius.[3][4][5]
| Cetorhinidae Temporal range: | |
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| Cetorhinus maximus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cetorhinidae Gill, 1861[1] |
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