†Sassenia tuberculata Stensiö 1921 (lobe-finned fish)
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Coelacanthimorpha - Diplocercidiformes - Sassenidae
Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307
Belongs to Sassenia according to E. A. Stensiö 1921
See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Sassenia groenlandica, Sassenia guttata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sticky Keep, which is in a Smithian marine shale in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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