Wodnika
Temporal range:
"Wodnika striatula"
Wodnika striatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: †Ctenacanthiformes
Superfamily: †Ctenacanthoidea
Family: †incertae sedis
Genus: †Wodnika
Münster 1843[1]
Species
  • Wodnika althausi
  • Wodnika ocoyae
  • Wodnika striatula [2]
Synonyms[2]
  • †Radamas Münster 1843

Wodnika is an extinct genus of ctenacanth which lived in the Late Permian period in the present area of Germany and Russia. It measured about 1 m (3.2 ft) in length and its tail shape indicates it was probably a good swimmer. Internally, the cartilage skeleton is preserved on the fossil, which is fairly rare for fossilized shark-like chondrichthyans.[3]

References

  1. ↑ G. Münster. 1843. Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 6:47-52
  2. 1 2 "†Wodnika Münster 1843 (elasmobranch)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rare British shark fossil joins collection | Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02.


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