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Sassenia

Osteichthyes - Sasseniidae

Taxonomy
Sassenia was named by Stensiö (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-l Tr Olen-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sasseniidae by Forey (1998), Schultze (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Sassenia Stensiö
1998Sassenia Forey p. 300
2002Sassenia Sepkoski
2004Sassenia Schultze p. 466

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

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.

G. †Sassenia Stensiö 1921
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Sassenia groenlandica Forey 1998
Sassenia guttata Woodward 1912
Sassenia tuberculata Stensiö 1921
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: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Greenland S. groenlandica (238863)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Coelacanthus guttatus, S. guttata (120367) S. sp. (149367) S. tuberculata (120228 120230 120231)