†Spermatodus Cope 1894 (lobe-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Actinistia - Sasseniidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia (Series 2) 9:427-448
Parent taxon: Sasseniidae according to H.-P. Schultze 2004
See also Cloutier and Forey 1991 and Forey 1998
Sister taxon: Sassenia
Subtaxa: Spermatodus pustulosus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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