Glikmanius is an extinct genus of ctenacanth cartilaginous fish which lived in the Carboniferous of North America and Russia. Skeletal remains attributed to the genus are known 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 time.[2]
| Glikmanius Temporal range: Carboniferous
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| Life reconstruction of G. occidentalis | |
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| Preserved skull, jaws, and gill arches of G. careforum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Ctenacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Glikmanius Ginter, Ivanov & Lebedev, 2005 |
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| Glikmanius occidentalis (Leidy, 1859)[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Ginter, M., Ivanov, A. & Lebedev, O., 2005: The revision of "Cladodus" occidentalis, a late Palaeozoic ctenacanthiform shark Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 50, #3, pp. 623-631
- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2292599. ISSN 0272-4634. Archived from the original on 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- "Ctenacanthiform Cladodont Teeth from the Lower Permian Wichita Group, Texas, U.S.A.", Acta Geologica Polonica, Vol. 58 (2008), No. 2, pp. 205–209
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