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Mitsukurina
Taxonomy
Mitsukurina was named by Jordan (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mitsukurinidae by Jordan (1963), Herman (1977), Compagno (2005), Kocsis (2007), Villafaña et al. (2020), Goedert et al. (2024), Marramà et al. (2026).
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mitsukurinidae by Jordan (1963), Herman (1977), Compagno (2005), Kocsis (2007), Villafaña et al. (2020), Goedert et al. (2024), Marramà et al. (2026).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1898 | Mitsukurina Jordan |
| 1963 | Mitsukurina Jordan p. 599 |
| 1977 | Mitsukurina Herman p. 167 |
| 2002 | Mitsukurina Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Mitsukurina Compagno |
| 2007 | Mitsukurina Kocsis p. 33 |
| 2020 | Mitsukurina Villafaña et al. |
| 2024 | Mitsukurina Goedert et al. p. 450 |
| 2026 | Mitsukurina Marramà et al. p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Mitsukurina Jordan 1898
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†Mitsukurina lineata Probst 1879
†Mitsukurina maslinensis Pledge 1967
Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan 1898 [goblin shark]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available