Anomotodon

Extinct genus of sharks

Anomotodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Mitsukurinidae
Genus: †Anomotodon
Arambourg, 1952
Species

A. cravenensis
A. genaulti
A. hermani
A. kozlovi
A. laevis
A. multidenticulata
A. novus
A. plicatus
A. principialis
A. sheppeyensis
A. toddi

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

  • Scapanorhynchus

References

  1. ^ Bourdon, Jim. "Anomotodon". Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  2. ^ "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. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Anomotodon


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