Anomotodon

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Anomotodon
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous to Eocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Family: Mitsukurinidae
Genus: Anomotodo

Anomotodon is an extinct species of goblin shark. Anomotodon lived in pelagic and benthic waters. They fed on prehistoric squid, shellfish and crustaceans. Anomotodon was related to the goblin shark. It died out 57 MYA in the Eocene.