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Miguashaiidae

Osteichthyes - Miguashaiidae

Taxonomy
Miguashaiidae was named by Schultze (1993). Its type is Miguashaia.

It was assigned to Diplocercidoidei by Schultze (2004); to Coelacanthiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Actinistia by Forey et al. (2000), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Gavinia, Miguashaia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Miguashaiidae Schultze pp. 657-663
2000Miguashaiidae Forey et al.
2004Miguashaiidae Schultze p. 466
2016Miguashaiidae Nelson et al. p. 104
2019Miguashaiidae van der Laan p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
familyMiguashaiidaeSchultze 1993
familyMiguashaiidaeSchultze 1993

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Miguashaiidae Schultze 1993
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G. †Gavinia Long 1999
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Gavinia syntrips Long 1999
G. †Miguashaia Schultze 1973
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Miguashaia bureaui Schultze 1973
Miguashaia grossi Forey et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available