Changxingia Wang and Liu 1981 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Full reference: N. Wang and H. Liu. 1981. Coelacanth fishes from the Marine Permian of Zhejiang, South China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(4):305-312

Parent taxon: Mawsoniidae according to H.-P. Schultze 2004

See also Forey 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Axelrodichthys, Chinlea, Garnbergia, Lualabaea, Mawsonia, Parnaibaia, Rhipis, Trachymetopon

Subtaxa: Changxingia aspratilis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Southern Slopes of Tameishan, Changxing District (Permian of China)

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