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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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Miguashaiidae Schultze pp. 657-663 |
| 2000 | Miguashaiidae Forey et al. |
| 2004 | Miguashaiidae Schultze p. 466 |
| 2016 | Miguashaiidae Nelson et al. p. 104 |
| 2019 | Miguashaiidae van der Laan p. 86 |
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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. †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
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| 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 |
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| Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian | Australia (New South Wales) | Gavinia sp. (238202) | |
| Givetian | Latvia (Cesis) | Miguashaia grossi (135959) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | Miguashaia grossi (225777) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | Gavinia syntrips (173457 196710) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) | Miguashaia sp. (279095) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Miguashaia bureaui (179176) |