Anotodus Temporal range:
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Tooth of Anotodus retroflexus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Alopiidae |
Genus: | †Anotodus Le Hon, 1871[2] |
Species: | †A. retroflexus
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Binomial name | |
†Anotodus retroflexus | |
Synonyms[citation needed] | |
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Anotodus is an extinct genus of thresher sharks that lived during the Neogene. It contains one valid species, Anotodus retroflexus, which has been found in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.[3][4]