Siksika ottae
| Siksika ottae Temporal range: Mississippian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Petalodontiformes |
| Family: | Petalodontidae |
| Genus: | Siksika Lund, 1989 |
| Species: | S. ottae |
| Binomial name | |
| Siksika ottae Lund, 1989 | |
Siksika ottae is an extinct prehistoric cartilaginous fish, lived during the Upper Mississippian. It has been discovered at the well known Bear Gulch Formation (Montana, United States), dated at Carboniferous period. It is known mostly on the base of fossil teeth, but also partially neurocranium and mandibles which hint a close relationship to coeval petalodontiform sharks Janasssa and Netsepoye. Dentition is generally heterodont.
Siksika means literally Blackfoot, being named after the Siksika Nation.
References
- Siksika ottae
- Blackfoot (Siksika)
- Richard Lund (1989). "New petalodonts (Chondrichthyes) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone (Namurian E2b) of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9 (3): 350–368. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011767. JSTOR 4523270.
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