Mitsukurina Jordan 1898 (goblin shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Parent taxon: Mitsukurinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Herman 1975, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anomotodon, Rhinognathus, Scapanorhynchus, Striatolamia, Woellsteinia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Angola (1 collection)
• Neogene of Madagascar (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Jordan (1), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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