Galeocerdo mayumbensis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Galeocerdonidae |
| Genus: | Galeocerdo |
| Species: | †G. mayumbensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Galeocerdo mayumbensis (Darteville & Casier, 1943) | |
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Galeocerdo mayumbensis is an extinct species of tiger sharks that lived in the Miocene period.[1] A relative of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), it lived in North America, South America, mainland Africa and Madagascar.[2] The teeth of G. mayumbensis are different from those of G. aduncus.