Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Full reference: J. Mawson and A. S. Woodward. 1907. On the Cretaceous formation of Bahia (Brazil), and on vertebrate fossils collected therein. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:128-139
Parent taxon: Mawsoniidae according to J. Graf 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Maisey 1986, Mawson and Woodward 1907, Schultze 2004 and Tabaste 1963
Sister taxa: Axelrodichthys, Changxingia, Chinlea, Garnbergia, Lualabaea, Parnaibaia, Rhipis, Trachymetopon
Subtaxa: Mawsonia gigas Mawsonia lavocati Mawsonia libyca Mawsonia minor Mawsonia tegamensis Mawsonia ubangiensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Brazil (7), Egypt (8), Morocco (3), Niger (1), Tunisia (3)
• Jurassic of Brazil (7), Uruguay (4)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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