Wodnika
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Wodnika Temporal range:
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Wodnika striatula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
Superfamily: | †Ctenacanthoidea |
Family: | †incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Wodnika Münster 1843[1] |
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Wodnika is an extinct genus of shark 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 sharks.[3]
References[]
- ^ G. Münster. 1843. Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 6:47-52
- ^ a b "†Wodnika Münster 1843 (elasmobranch)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/july/rare-british-shark-fossil-joins-collection18285.html[dead link]
Categories:
- Permian sharks
- Permian fish of Europe
- Fossils of Germany
- Kupferschiefer
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs
- Permian stubs