Glikmanius Explained

Glikmanius is an extinct genus of ctenacanth cartilaginous fish 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". G. careforum may have reached lengths of 3m (10feet), while G. occidentalis may have reached lengths of over 6m (20feet), making it one the largest marine predators of its era.^[1] left|thumb|Tooth of Glikmanius occidentalis.

Species

• Glikmanius culmenis Koot, Cuny, Tintori & Twitchett, 2013
• Glikmanius occidentalis Leidy, 1859
• Glikmanius myachkovensis Lebedev, 2001
• Glikmanius careforum Hodnett et al. 2024

References

• "Ctenacanthiform Cladodont Teeth from the Lower Permian Wichita Group, Texas, U.S.A.", Acta Geologica Polonica, Vol. 58 (2008), No. 2, pp. 205–209

Notes and References

1. Hodnett . John-Paul M. . Toomey . Rickard . Egli . H. Chase . Ward . Gabe . Wood . John R. . Olson . Rickard . Tolleson . Kelli . Tweet . Justin S. . Santucci . Vincent L. . February 2024 . New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . en . 10.1080/02724634.2023.2292599 . 0272-4634 . 2024-02-16 . 2024-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212222945/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2292599 . live .