Mitsukurina Temporal range: Eocene - Holocene, 40–0 Ma |
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Goblin shark (M. owstoni) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Mitsukurinidae |
Genus: |
Mitsukurina D. S. Jordan, 1898 |
Type species | |
Mitsukurina owstoni D. S. Jordan, 1898 |
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Species | |
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Mitsukurina is a genus of mackerel shark in the family Mitsukurinidae. It contains one extant species, the goblin shark (M. owstoni) and more extinct species. The genus was described by American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan in 1898.