Anotodus

Anotodus
Temporal range: Burdigalian-Zanclean
Tooth of Anotodus retroflexus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: †Anotodus
Le Hon, 1871[2]
Species:
†A. retroflexus
Binomial name
†Anotodus retroflexus
(Agassiz, 1838)[1]
Synonyms[citation needed]
  • †Oxyrhina retroflexa Agassiz, 1838
  • †Isurus retroflexus (Agassiz, 1838)
  • †Anotodus agassizii Le Hon, 1871

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]

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  2. ^ Le Hon, H. (1871). Préliminaires d'un mémoire sur les poissons tertiaires de Belgique. Brussels, BE: C. Muquardt. pp. 8–9.
  3. ^ Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich, DE: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 242–243. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
  4. ^ Carrillo-Briceño, J.D.; Luz, Z.; Hendy, A.; Kocsis, L.; Aguilera, O.; Vennemann, T. (2019). "Neogene Caribbean elasmobranchs: diversity, paleoecology and paleoenvironmental significance of the Cocinetas Basin assemblage (Guajira Peninsula, Colombia)". Biogeosciences. 16 (1): 33–56. Bibcode:2019BGeo...16...33D. doi:10.5194/bg-16-33-2019.