Wodnika

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]

Wodnika
Temporal range: 259.0–15.97 Ma
Wodnika striatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
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

References
  1. G. Münster. 1843. Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 6:47-52
  2. "†Wodnika Münster 1843 (elasmobranch)" (html). FossilWorks. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/july/rare-british-shark-fossil-joins-collection18285.html


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