Biology:Wodnika
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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks
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| Wodnika striatula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Incertae sedis/Ctenacanthoidea |
| Genus: | †Wodnika Münster 1843[1] |
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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
- ↑ G. Münster. 1843. Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 6:47-52
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "†Wodnika Münster 1843 (elasmobranch)" (in en). http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=34520.
- ↑ "Rare British shark fossil joins collection | Natural History Museum". http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/july/rare-british-shark-fossil-joins-collection18285.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q8029008 entry
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