| Carcharhinus egertoni Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | †C. egertoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carcharhinus egertoni (Agassiz, 1843) | |
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Carcharhinus egertoni is an extinct species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae. [1] [2] This shark falls under the genus Carcharhinus , putting it with other well-known sharks in its genus including reef sharks, the oceanic whitetip shark, and the bull shark. [3] [4] C. egertoni lived during the Neogene from 23 to 2.59 mya has been found to have occurred in all continents except Australia and Antartica.