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]
| Anomotodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Mitsukurinidae |
| Genus: | †Anomotodon Arambourg, 1952 |
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A. cravenensis | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bourdon, Jim. "Anomotodon". Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Anomotodon". Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Further reading
edit- 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. Bibcode:1997JVPal..17..453S. 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". Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva (67): 51–63. doi:10.2298/GABP0667051J. ISSN 0350-0608.
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