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Mitsukurinidae
| Description | Mitsukurinidae is a family of sharks with one living genus, Mitsukurina, and five fossil genera: Anomotodon, Protoscapanorhynchus, Pseudoscapanorhynchus and Scapanorhynchus, and Woellsteinia, though some taxonomists consider Scapanorhynchus to be a synonym of Mitsukurina. The only known living species is the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsukurinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | goblin shark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Mitsukurinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Lamniformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Lamniformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. R. Case and D. R. Schwimmer. 1988. Late Cretaceous Fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):290-301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Goblin Sharks, Requins-lutins, Tiburones Duende, Akuly Domovye, Chien Wên Sha K’o, Goblin Shark, Mitsukurizame-ka, Requins Lutin, ミツクリザメ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsukurinidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anomotodon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Mitsukurina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Rhinognathus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Scapanorhynchus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 119 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Striatolamia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 48 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 13.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Woellsteinia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Scapanorhynchidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Scapanorhynchidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Mitsukurinidae Jordan |
| 1963 | Mitsukurinidae Jordan p. 599 |
| 1975 | Mitsukurinidae Herman p. 167 |
| 1979 | Mitsukurinidae Case p. 79 |
| 1988 | Mitsukurinidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1992 | Mitsukurinidae Long p. 27 |
| 1993 | Mitsukurinidae Biddle p. 203 |
| 2006 | Mitsukurinidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2019 | Mitsukurinidae Ebersole et al. p. 30 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
