2013) Family Eoptolamnidae (extinct, Late Cretaceous period) Genus †Eoptolamna †Eoptolamna eccentrolopha Genus †Leptostyrax †Leptostyrax macrorhiza Genus †Protolamna †Protolamna sokolovi †Protolamna borodini †Protolamna carteri †Protolamna compressidens †Protolamna gigantea †Protolamna roanokeensis Superfamily Lamnoidea Bonaparte, 1835 Family Lamnidae J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838 (mackerel sharks or white sharks) Genus Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838 Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (great white shark) †Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret, Macfadden, Jones, Devries, Foster & Salas-Gismondi, 2012 (Hubbell's white shark) †Carcharodon caifassii Lawley, 1876 Genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (shortfin mako) Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday, 1966 (longfin mako) Genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816 Lamna ditropis Hubbs & Follett, 1947 (salmon shark) Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (porbeagle) Family †Otodontidae Gluckman, 1964 (extinct, Late Cretaceous to Pliocene) (megatoothed sharks) Genus †Cretalamna Gluckman, 1958 Genus †Otodus (=Carcharocles) (Agassiz, 1843) †Otodus obliquus (Agassiz, 1838) †Otodus angustidens (Agassiz, 1843) †Otodus chubutensis (Agassiz, 1843) †Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1843) (megalodon) †Otodus auriculatus (Jordan, 1923) †Otodus sokolovi (Zhelezko and Kozlov, 1999) Genus †Megalolamna Shimada et al., 2016 Genus †Palaeocarcharodon Casieer, 1960 Genus †Kenolamna Siversson, 2017 Family Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 Genus Megachasma Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 (megamouth shark) Family Mitsukurinidae D. S. Jordan, 1898 Genus Mitsukurina D. S. Jordan, 1898 Mitsukurina owstoni D. S. Jordan, 1898 (goblin shark) Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839 Genus Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) Genus Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) (smalltooth sand tiger) Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955) (bigeye sand tiger) Family Pseudocarchariidae Compagno, 1973 Genus Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963 Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936) (crocodile shark) Family †Cardabiodontidae (extinct, Late Cretaceous period) Genus †Cardabiodon Siverson, 1999 †Cardabiodon ricki Siverson, 1999 †Cardabiodon venator Siverson and Lindgren, 2005 Genus †Dwardius Siverson, 1999 Genus †Parotodus? Cappetta, 1980 Family †Cretoxyrhinidae (extinct, Late Cretaceous period) Genus †Cretoxyrhina Agassiz, 1843 †Cretoxyrhina vraconensis Zhelezko, 2000 †Cretoxyrhina denticulata Glückman, 1957 †Cretoxyrhina agassizensis Underwood and Cumbaa, 2010 †Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz, 1843 (ginsu shark) Family †Serratolamnidae Genus †Serratolamna Sustainable consumption In 2010, Greenpeace International added the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) to its seafood red list. References Further reading Compagno, Leonard (2002) Sharks of the World: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks Volume 2, FAO Species Catalogue, Rome. . External links elasmo-research Extant Early Cretaceous first appearances Cartilaginous fish orders Taxa named by Lev Berg