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Sasseniidae

Osteichthyes - Sasseniidae

Taxonomy
Sasseniidae was named by Forey (1998). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hadronectoroidei by Schultze (2004); and to Actinistia by Forey (1998), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Sasseniidae Forey p. 299
2004Sasseniidae Schultze p. 466
2019Sasseniidae van der Laan p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
familySasseniidae
familySasseniidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Sasseniidae Forey 1998
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G. †Sassenia Stensiƶ 1921
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Sassenia groenlandica Forey 1998
Sassenia guttata Woodward 1912
Sassenia tuberculata Stensiƶ 1921
G. †Spermatodus Cope 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Smithian or 290.10000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Spermatodus pustulosus (85299 85300)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Greenland Sassenia groenlandica (238863)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Coelacanthus guttatus, Sassenia guttata (120367) Sassenia sp. (149367) Sassenia tuberculata (120228 120230 120231)