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Mawsonia

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Mawsonia Mawson and Woodward p. 134
1953Mawsonia Bassler p. G178
1963Mawsonia Tabaste p. 466
1986Mawsonia Maisey p. 3
1998Mawsonia Forey p. 300
2004Mawsonia Schultze p. 468
2012Mawsonia Dutel et al. p. 22
2012Mawsonia Graf

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

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. †Mawsonia Mawson and Woodward 1907
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Mawsonia brasiliensis Yabumoto 2002
Mawsonia gigas Mawson and Woodward 1907
Mawsonia libyca Weiler 1935
Mawsonia minor Woodward 1908
Mawsonia soba Brito et al. 2018
Mawsonia tegamensis Wenz 1975
Mawsonia ubangiensis Casier 1961
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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 154.80000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1Brazil (Pernambuco) M. gigas (123408)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Brazil M. gigas (94032 136382 136933 151878 211643)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Brazil (Pernambuco) M. sp. (132650)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) M. sp. (83729 83735 213192 219394)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) M. gigas (55209)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian143.1 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) M. gigas (59355)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) M. gigas (94537)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Cameroon M. soba (238507)
Barremian - Albian125.77 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) M. sp. (166013)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Niger (Agadez) M. sp. (37200)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Pernambuco) M. brasiliensis (28050) M. gigas (193050 193051)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Pernacumbo) M. gigas (165422)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) M. sp. (116298 175805)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) M. sp. (56365)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) M. sp. (59341)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) M. sp. (25325)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt M. libyca (214404 214408 214445 214496 214498 214499 214500 214501)