''Nebrius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

carpet shark Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes . Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name of ...

s in the family

Ginglymostomatidae The Ginglymostomatidae are a cosmopolitan family of carpet sharks known as nurse sharks, containing four species in three genera. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters, these sharks are sluggish and docile bottom-dwellers. ...

. It contains a single

extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...

species, the tawny nurse shark (''Nebrius ferrugineus''), as well as a number of extinct species dating back to the

Early Paleocene The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cret ...

.Bourdon, J. (2007)
Fossil Genera: ''Nebrius''
The Life and Times of Long-Dead Sharks. Retrieved on June 7, 2009.

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Ginglymostomatidae Shark genera Paleocene sharks Paleogene sharks Neogene sharks Quaternary sharks Danian first appearances Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell Extant Danian first appearances {{shark-stub

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