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Mawsonia gigas

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Mawsonia gigas was named by Mawson and Woodward (1907). It is not extant.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-09-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Mawsonia gigas Mawson and Woodward pp. 134-137 figs. pl. 7-8
1986Mawsonia gigas Maisey p. 3
1998Mawsonia gigas Forey p. 327
2004Mawsonia gigas Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusMawsonia
speciesgigas

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.

†Mawsonia gigas Mawson and Woodward 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available