Named By: | Georg Graf zu Munster in 1843 |
Time Period: | Late Permian |
Location: | Germany. England |
Size: | Approximately 1 meter long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens usually of the teeth and spines but complete impressions of the whole body are known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Ctenacanthiformes | Ctenacanthidae | |
Wodnika is an extinct genus of shark 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 sharks.