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Wodnika

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes

Taxonomy
Wodnika was named by Münster (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,451].

It was assigned to Cestraciontidae by Woodward (1889); to Heterodontidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan (1963); to Ctenacanthoidea by Zangerl (1981); and to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Wodnika Münster p. 48
1843Radamas Münster p. 52
1861Radamas Geinitz p. 27
1889Wodnika Woodward p. 248
1919Wodnika Jordan and Gilbert p. 19
1963Wodnika Jordan p. 595
1981Wodnika Zangerl p. 59
2002Wodnika Sepkoski p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
superorderCtenacanthimorpha
orderCtenacanthiformes()
superfamilyCtenacanthoidea
genusWodnika

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.

G. †Wodnika Münster 1843
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†Wodnika althausi Münster 1840
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Invalid names: Strophodus angustus Münster 1843 [synonym], Strophodus arcuatus Münster 1840 [synonym]
†Wodnika ocoyae Jordan and Gilbert 1919
†Wodnika striatula Münster 1843
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Invalid names: Radamas macrocephalus Münster 1843 [synonym]
Invalid names: Radamas Münster 1843 [synonym]
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 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Urzhumian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 266.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) W. borealis (119889)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) W. sp. (187189)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) W. sp. (86346)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany W. striatula (96856 130037 130062 130275 130276) W. striatula, Acrodus althausii, Strophodus arcuatus, Strophodus angustus, Radamas macrocephalus (149471)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) W. ocoyae (186027)