Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spellings: Carcharhininae, Carcharinidae
Synonyms: Galeocerdidae Whitley 1934, Galeocerdinae Whitley 1934
Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Adnet et al. 2007, Adnet et al. 2020, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cantalice et al. 2025, Carnevale et al. 2014, Case 1981, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Collareta et al. 2022, Compagno 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Engelbrecht et al. 2017, Fourriére et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Landau et al. 2025, Long 1992, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Nelson et al. 2016, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2021, Szabo et al. 2017, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006, Verma 2024, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Altusmirus, Corysodon, Florenceodontidae, Fornicatus, Galeocerdonidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Platyrhizodon, Proscylliidae, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Triakidae
Subtaxa: Alopiopsis Aprionodon Archaeogaleus Carcharhininae Carcharhinus Danogaleus Eogaleus Galeocerdo Glyphis Hypoprion Isogomphodon Kruckowlamna Lamiopsis Loxodon Misrichthys Nasolamia Negaprion Physodon Prionace Pseudabdounia Rhizoprionodon Scoliodontinae Tingaleus Triaenodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Ecuador (2), Italy (2), Japan (4), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), Taiwan (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (19: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Chile (3), Colombia (1), Ecuador (4), Greece (1), Italy (7), Japan (2), Libya (1), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (2), Spain (14), United States (6: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1), Australia (2), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Angola (4), Argentina (4), Australia (8), Austria (9), Belgium (7), Brazil (19), Brunei Darussalam (5), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (3), Cuba (1), Czechia (2), Denmark (2), Ecuador (6), Egypt (1), France (14), Germany (4), Grenada (5), Hungary (2), India (16), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (29), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Malta (5), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (29), Peru (13), Poland (2), Portugal (13), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (4), South Africa (1), South Atlantic (1), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (42: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (14)
• Oligocene of Angola (5), Australia (3), Belgium (4), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Japan (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (6), Poland (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Angola (3), Antarctica (4), Argentina (2), Australia (1), Barbados (3), Belgium (3), Chile (1), Egypt (42), France (14), Germany (1), India (9), Italy (3), Jordan (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (10), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (8), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (3), Spain (2), Togo (2), Tonga (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (16), United States (48: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (5)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), France (4), Morocco (14), Togo (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 667 collections including 1760 occurrences