†Mitsukurina lineata Probst 1879 (goblin shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Alternative combination: Lamna (Odontaspis) lineata
Belongs to Mitsukurina according to J. Pollerspöck and B. Beaury 2014
See also Kocsis 2007, Marramà et al. 2026, Vialle et al. 2011 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Mitsukurina maslinensis, Mitsukurina owstoni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Peru (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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