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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)
Entered
by S. McMullen (authorized by S. Peters) on 2012-11-13; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-08-12

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 387.95000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4Australia (New South Wales) Gavinia sp. (238202)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Latvia (Cesis) Miguashaia grossi (135959)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia Miguashaia grossi (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Australia (Victoria) Gavinia syntrips (173457 196710)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) Miguashaia sp. (279095)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) Miguashaia bureaui (179176)