# Nebrius

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{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|65|0|ref=<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sepkoski, J. |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |pages=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510170834/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |archive-date=May 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} <small>[Danian](/source/Danian) to Present</small>
| image = Nebrius ferrugineus.jpg
| image_caption = [Tawny nurse shark](/source/Tawny_nurse_shark), ''Nebrius ferrugineus''
| taxon = Nebrius
| authority = [Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1837
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *''[Nebrius ferrugineus](/source/Nebrius_ferrugineus)'' <small>[Lesson](/source/Rene_Primevere_Lesson), 1831</small>
*† ''[Nebrius bequaerti](/source/Nebrius_bequaerti)'' <small>(Leriche, 1920)</small>
*† ''[Nebrius blanckenhorni](/source/Nebrius_blanckenhorni)'' <small>(Stromer, 1905)</small>
*† ''[Nebrius obliquus](/source/Nebrius_obliquus)'' <small>(Leidy, 1877)</small>
*† ''[Nebrius thielensis](/source/Nebrius_thielensis)'' <small>(Winkler 1873)</small>
| synonyms = *''Nebrodes'' <small>Garman, 1913</small>
}}

'''''Nebrius''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [carpet shark](/source/carpet_shark)s in the family [Ginglymostomatidae](/source/Ginglymostomatidae).

It contains a single [extant](/source/Extant_taxon) species, the [tawny nurse shark](/source/tawny_nurse_shark) (''Nebrius ferrugineus''), as well as a number of [extinct](/source/extinct) species dating back to the [Early Paleocene](/source/Early_Paleocene).<ref name="bourdon">Bourdon, J. (2007). [http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/sharks/nebrius.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html Fossil Genera: ''Nebrius'']. The Life and Times of Long-Dead Sharks. Retrieved on June 7, 2009.</ref>

==See also==
* {{C|Prehistoric sharks}}
* [List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish](/source/List_of_prehistoric_cartilaginous_fish)

==References==
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Category:Ginglymostomatidae
Category:Shark genera
Category:Paleocene sharks
Category:Paleogene sharks
Category:Neogene sharks
Category:Quaternary sharks
Category:Danian first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell
Category:Extant Danian first appearances

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