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Mawsoniidae

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Mawsoniidae Schultze p. 329
1998Mawsoniidae Forey p. 299
2004Mawsoniidae Schultze p. 466
2007Mawsoniidae Yabumoto
2012Mawsoniidae Dutel et al. p. 22
2012Mawsoniidae Graf
2016Mawsoniidae Nelson et al. p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 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. †Mawsoniidae Schultze 1993
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G. †Axelrodichthys Maisey 1986
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†Axelrodichthys lavocati Fragoso et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Mawsonia lavocati Tabaste 1963 [replaced]
†Axelrodichthys maiseyi de Carvalho et al. 2013
†Axelrodichthys megadromos Cavin et al. 2016
G. †Changxingia Wang and Liu 1981
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†Changxingia aspratilis Wang and Liu 1981
†Changxingia weii Jin 1997
G. †Chinlea Schaeffer 1967
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†Chinlea sorenseni Schaeffer 1967
G. †Garnbergia Martin and Wenz 1984
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†Garnbergia ommata Martin and Wenz 1984
G. †Graulia Manuelli et al. 2024
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†Graulia branchiodonta Manuelli et al. 2024
G. †Lualabaea Saint-Seine 1955
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†Lualabaea henryi Saint-Seine 1955
†Lualabaea lerichei Saint-Seine 1955
G. †Mawsonia Mawson and Woodward 1907
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†Mawsonia brasiliensis Yabumoto 2002
†Mawsonia gigas Mawson and Woodward 1907
†Mawsonia libyca Weiler 1935
†Mawsonia minor Woodward 1908
†Mawsonia soba Brito et al. 2018
†Mawsonia tegamensis Wenz 1975
†Mawsonia ubangiensis Casier 1961
G. †Parnaibaia Yabumoto 2007
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†Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto 2007
G. †Rhipis Saint-Seine 1950
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†Rhipis moorseli Saint-Seine 1950
†Rhipis tuberculatus Casier 1965
G. †Trachymetopon Hennig 1951
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†Trachymetopon liassicum Hennig 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 254.14000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Changxingia aspratilis, Changxingia weii (123522)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Garnbergia ommata (139836)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48France Graulia branchiodonta (236941)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Mawsoniidae indet. (214440)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Macropoma sp. (135657)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Chinlea sorenseni (94493)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Chinlea sorenseni (84017) Chinlea sp. (39160 92850)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Utah) Chinlea sorenseni (135711)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Colorado) Chinlea sorenseni (135699 135712)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Canada (British Columbia) Garnbergia ommata (97843)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (New Mexico) Chinlea sorenseni (48422)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Utah) Chinlea sorenseni (218214)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Arizona) Chinlea sorenseni (84009)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181398)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181400)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181399)
Aalenian - Bathonian174.7 - 165.3Congo-Kinshasa (Tshopo) Lualabaea lerichei, Lualabaea henryi (193535)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia gigas (123408)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) Mawsoniidae indet. (176120 176122 176123)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Brazil (Maranhao) Parnaibaia maranhaoensis (117996)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia sp. (132650)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Brazil Mawsonia gigas (94032 136382 136933 151878 211643)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Aptian161.5 - 113.2Thailand (Mukdahan) Mawsoniidae indeterminate (232500)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Mawsonia sp. (83729 83735 213192 219394)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Figuig) Mawsoniidae indet. (204924)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Mawsonia gigas (55209)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian143.1 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Mawsonia gigas (59355)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Libya (Yafran) Mawsoniidae indet. (69791)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Mawsonia gigas (94537)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Cameroon Mawsonia soba (238507)
Barremian - Albian125.77 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Mawsonia sp. (166013)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Niger (Agadez) Mawsonia sp. (37200)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia brasiliensis (28050) Mawsonia gigas (193050) Mawsonia gigas, Axelrodichthys araripensis (193051)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Axelrodichthys sp. (115134)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Pernacumbo) Mawsonia gigas (165422)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Mawsonia sp. (116298 175805)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Brazil Axelrodichthys maiseyi (239120)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) Axelrodichthys araripensis (80283)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Mawsonia sp. (59578)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (13274)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Mawsonia sp. (56365)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Mawsoniidae indet. (224512)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Mawsonia sp. (59341)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (59771) Mawsonia sp. (25325)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Illizi) Mawsonia lavocati (227231)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Mawsonia libyca (214404 214408 214445 214496 214498 214499 214500 214501)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Axelrodichthys sp. (46897)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Axelrodichthys megadromos (61620 220117 220133)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Axelrodichthys megadromos (28454) Mawsoniidae indet. (220134)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Mawsoniidae indet., Axelrodichthys megadromos (48870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Axelrodichthys megadromos (48850)