Mawsonia Mawson and Woodward 1907 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Full reference: J. Mawson and A. S. Woodward. 1907. On the Cretaceous formation of Bahia (Brazil), and on vertebrate fossils collected therein. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:128-139

Parent taxon: Mawsoniidae according to J. Graf 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Maisey 1986, Mawson and Woodward 1907, Schultze 2004 and Tabaste 1963

Sister taxa: Axelrodichthys, Changxingia, Chinlea, Garnbergia, Graulia, Lualabaea, Parnaibaia, Rhipis, Trachymetopon

Subtaxa: Mawsonia brasiliensis Mawsonia gigas Mawsonia libyca Mawsonia minor Mawsonia soba Mawsonia tegamensis Mawsonia ubangiensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Brazil (8), Cameroon (1), Egypt (8), Morocco (1), Niger (1), Tunisia (3)

• Jurassic of Brazil (7), Uruguay (4)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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