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Mawsonia libyca

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Mawsonia libyca was named by Weiler (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Mawsonia libyca Weiler p. 11 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-10,12,17-29,31-34,42-46,50-52; pl 2, figs 4,9,27,35,36; pl 3, figs 1-6,11,13,18; text-f
1998Mawsonia libyca Forey p. 328
2004Mawsonia libyca Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusMawsonia
specieslibyca

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.

†Mawsonia libyca Weiler 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Mawsonia libyca (214404 214408 214445 214496 214498 214499 214500 214501)