Glikmanius
Extinct genus of sharks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glikmanius is an extinct genus of ctenacanth shark which lived in the Carboniferous of North America and Russia. The genus is based on a whole specimen from Nebraska, USA. Glikmanius is named in honour of the Russian palaeontologist, Dr. Leonid Glikman, who studied the genus and was "the first to propose its ctenacanthiform affinity".[1] G. careforum may have reached lengths of 3 metres (9.8 ft), while G. occidentalis may have reached lengths of over 6 metres (20 ft), making it one the largest marine predators of its era.[2]
Quick Facts Glikmanius Temporal range: Carboniferous, Scientific classification ...
Glikmanius Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
Family: | †Ctenacanthidae |
Genus: | †Glikmanius Ginter, Ivanov & Lebedev, 2005 |
Type species | |
Glikmanius occidentalis (Leidy, 1859)[1] |
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