| Rhincodontidae Temporal range: Paleocene - Present | |
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| Whale shark feeding | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Rhincodontidae J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839 |
| Genera | |
Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon , is known from the Paleocene and Eocene as well. [1]
