Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Synonyms: Osteopleurus Schaeffer 1941, Rabdiolepis Emmons 1857
Parent taxon: Mawsoniidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Dutel et al. 2012, Emmons 1857, Forey 1998, Graf 2012, Hay 1902, Rapp 1946, Romano et al. 2016, Schaeffer 1941, Schultze 2004 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Axelrodichthys, Changxingia, Chinlea, Dipleurinae, Garnbergia, Graulia, Lualabaea, Mawsonia, Parnaibaia, Rhipis, Trachymetopon
Subtaxa: Diplurus longicaudatus Diplurus newarki Osteopleurus milleri Osteopleurus newarki Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis Rabdiolepis speciosa Rabdiolepis striata
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (6: Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia collections)
• Triassic of United States (16: New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 22 collections including 30 occurrences
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