Ohmdenia

Ohmdenia is an extinct genus of pachycormiform from the Lower Jurassic of Germany. Its only species is O. multidentata. Some studies say Ohmdenia is a synonym of Saurostomus.

 Description 
The fish is only known from an incomplete fossil, but it is good enough proof to know what it looked like. Ohmdenia was a large animal, averaging two and a half meters long. The body is long and thick. It had a wide mouth and a long and short skull.

 Taxonomy 
Ohmdenia is a member of the family Pachycormidae in the order Pachycormiformes. For a long time, Ohmdenia was considered a close relative of Birgeria, a famous Triassic predator. Further studies show that this is not the case, so they placed it in the extinct order Pachycormiformes.

 Related pages 

 Hypsocormus
 Mamulichthys
 Saurostomus
 Balistomorphus
 Bobasatrania
 Australosomus
 Allothrissops
 Allomorone
 Asialepidotus
 Orthocormus


 References 

 Hauff, B. (1953). Ohmdenia multidentata nov. gen. et nov. sp. Ein neuer grober Fischfund aus den Posidonienschiefern des Lias e von Ohmden/Holzmaden in Württemburg. Neues Jahrb. Geol. P.-A. 97, 39–50.
 "Ohmdenia". Paleobiology Database.

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Ray-finned fish
Category:Jurassic
Category:Germany