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Sassenia guttata

Coelacanthimorpha - Diplocercidiformes - Sassenidae

Taxonomy
Coelacanthus guttatus was named by Woodward (1912). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sassen Bay, between De Geer Valley and Flower Valley (fish horizon), which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was recombined as Sassenia guttata by Stensiƶ (1921) and Schultze (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Coelacanthus guttatus Woodward p. 291 figs. Pl 14, figs 1,1a,1b
1921Sassenia guttata Stensiƶ p. 88
2004Sassenia guttata Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderDiplocercidiformes
suborderHadronectoroidei
familySassenidae
genusSasseniaStensio 1921
speciesguttata()

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.

Sassenia guttata Woodward 1912
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Diagnosis
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