Rhincodontidae

Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon, is known from the Paleocene as well.^[1]

Rhincodontidae Temporal range: 60–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Paleocene - Present
Whale shark feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Superorder:	Galeomorphi
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Rhincodontidae J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839
Genera
Rhincodon †Palaeorhincodon