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The goblin shark is the only extant species in its family.
The goblin shark belongs to the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage with fossil relatives dating back more than 100 million years to the Cretaceous period. It is often described as a 'living fossil' due to its ancient anatomical features.
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That means ancestors of today's goblin shark swam in oceans shared with Tyrannosaurus rex and other late dinosaurs. While continents shifted and mass extinctions reshaped life on Earth, this lineage persisted in deep marine refuges.
Its survival across geological cataclysms underscores how deep-sea ecosystems can function as evolutionary vaults, preserving archaic body plans long after shallow-water relatives vanish.
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