Anomotodon
| Anomotodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Family: | Mitsukurinidae |
| Genus: | Anomotodon Arambourg, 1952 |
| Species | |
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A. cravenensis | |
Anomotodon is an extinct genus of shark related to the extant goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni). The distribution of Anomotodon fossils is worldwide, in formations indicating that members of the genus lived from the Early Cretaceous epoch through the Eocene epoch, and perhaps through the Oligocene as well.[1] Described species include A. novus, A. plicatus, A. principalis, and A. multidenticula.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Bourdon, Jim. "Anomotodon". Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ↑ "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Anomotodon". Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Further reading
- Duffin, C. J. (1988). "The Upper Jurassic selachian Palaeocarcharias de Beaumont (1960)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 94 (3): 271–286. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01196.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- Siverson, Mikael (1997). "Sharks from the mid-Cretaceous Gearle Siltstone, Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 (3): 453–465. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010995. ISSN 0272-4634.
- Jagt, John; Motchurova-Dekova, Neda; Ivanov, Plamen; Cappetta, Henri; Schulp, Anne (2006). "Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa District (northwest Bulgaria): A preliminary note". Geoloski anali Balkanskog poluostrva (67): 51–63. doi:10.2298/GABP0667051J. ISSN 0350-0608.