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Mawsonia gigas

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

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

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
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 Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Cenomanian or 161.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia gigas (123408)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Brazil Mawsonia gigas (94032 136382 136933 151878 211643)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Mawsonia gigas (55209)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian143.1 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Mawsonia gigas (59355)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Mawsonia gigas (94537)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia gigas (193050 193051)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Pernacumbo) Mawsonia gigas (165422)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Mawsonia sp. (56365)