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Parnaibaia maranhaoensis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Parnaibaia maranhaoensis was named by Yabumoto (2007). Its type specimen is KMNH VP 100,257, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pastos Bons, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Pastos Bons Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto p. 329 figs. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusParnaibaia
speciesmaranhaoensis

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.

Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto 2007
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Brazil (Maranhao) Parnaibaia maranhaoensis (type locality: 117996)