†Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto 2007 (coelacanth)
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Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Full reference: Y. Yabumoto. 2007. A New Mesozoic coelacanth from Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia). Paleontological Research 12(4):329-343
Belongs to Parnaibaia according to Y. Yabumoto 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KMNH VP 100,257, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pastos Bons, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Pastos Bons Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pastos Bons
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