Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Full reference: S. Wenz. 1975. Un nouveau Coelacanthidé du Crétacé inférieur du Niger, remarques sur la fusion des os dermiques [A new coelacanth from the Lower Cretaceous of Niger, remarks on fusion of the dermal bones]. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1973. Problèmes actuels de Paléontologie (Évolution des Vertébrés). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 218:175-190
Belongs to Mawsonia according to S. Wenz 1975
See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Mawsonia brasiliensis, Mawsonia gigas, Mawsonia libyca, Mawsonia minor, Mawsonia soba, Mawsonia ubangiensis
Type specimen: MNHN GDF 401, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua
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