Galeorhinus cuvieri
| Galeorhinus cuvieri Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen, Museo dei Fossili di Bolca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Galeorhinus |
| Species: | †G. cuvieri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Galeorhinus cuvieri (Agassiz, 1835) | |
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Galeorhinus cuvieri (named after Georges Cuvier) is an extinct species of houndshark known from the Early Eocene-aged Monte Bolca site of Italy. It was a close relative of the modern tope or school shark, which it is highly morphologically similar to.