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]