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Siksika ottae

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

Taxonomy
Siksika ottae was named by Lund (1989). Its type specimen is MV 6199, a partial skull (braincase with eye pigments and teeth), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Siksika.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Siksika ottae Lund p. 357

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyPristodontidaeWoodward 1889
genusSiksika
speciesottae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Siksika ottae Lund 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Siksika ottae (type locality: 116654)