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Wodnika ocoyae

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes

Taxonomy
Wodnika ocoyae was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919) [assigned to Jordan]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bena, NW, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. borealis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Wodnika ocoyae Jordan and Gilbert p. 19 figs. Plate VII, Fig. 8

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

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.

†Wodnika ocoyae Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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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 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Wodnika ocoyae (type locality: 186027)