†Mawsonia gigas Mawson and Woodward 1907 (coelacanth)
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Osteichthyes - 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
Belongs to Mawsonia according to J. G. Maisey 1986
See also Forey 1998, Mawson and Woodward 1907 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Mawsonia brasiliensis, Mawsonia libyca, Mawsonia minor, Mawsonia soba, Mawsonia tegamensis, Mawsonia ubangiensis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (7 collections)
• Jurassic of Brazil (6)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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