See text Galeocerdo is a genus of ground shark.

Only a single species, G. cuvier, the tiger shark, is extant.

[1] The earliest fossils date back to the early Eocene epoch, (Ypresian), around 56–47.8 Million years ago.

The oldest fossils of the extant G. cuvier date to the middle Miocene.

[2] Species historically considered valid in the genus Galeocerdo include:[4]