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Mawsoniidae

Coelacanthimorpha - 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
—Osteichthyes()
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 megadromos Cavin et al. 2016
G. †Changxingia Wang and Liu 1981
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†Changxingia aspratilis Wang and Liu 1981
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. †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 gigas Mawson and Woodward 1907
†Mawsonia lavocati Tabaste 1963
†Mawsonia libyca Weiler 1935
†Mawsonia minor Woodward 1908
†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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 254.17000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Changxingia aspratilis (123522)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Garnbergia ommata (139836)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Mawsoniidae indet. (214440)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Macropoma sp. (135657)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Chinlea sorenseni (94493)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Chinlea sorenseni (84017) Chinlea sp. (39160 92850)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Utah) Chinlea sorenseni (135711)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) Chinlea sorenseni (135699 135712)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Garnbergia ommata (97843)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Utah) Chinlea sorenseni (218214)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Chinlea sorenseni (48422)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Arizona) Chinlea sorenseni (84009)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181398)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181400)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181399)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia gigas (123408)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) Mawsoniidae indet. (176120 176122 176123)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Brazil (Maranhao) Parnaibaia maranhaoensis (117996)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Brazil Mawsonia gigas (94032 136382 136933 151878 211643)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia sp. (132650)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Aptian161.5 - 113.0Thailand (Mukdahan) Mawsoniidae indeterminate (232500)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Mawsonia sp. (83729 83735 213192 219394)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Figuig) Mawsoniidae indet. (204924)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Mawsonia gigas (59355)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Brazil (Bahia) Mawsonia gigas (55209 94537)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Libya (Yafran) Mawsoniidae indet. (69791)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Mawsonia sp. (166013)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Mawsonia sp. (37200)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Mawsonia gigas (193050 193051)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Axelrodichthys sp. (115134)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Brazil (Pernacumbo) Mawsonia gigas (165422)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Mawsonia sp. (116298 175805)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Axelrodichthys araripensis (80283)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Mawsonia sp. (59578)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (13274)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Mawsoniidae indet. (224512)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Mawsonia sp. (59341)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Mawsonia sp. (56365)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (59771) Mawsonia sp. (25325)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Mawsonia lavocati (227231)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Mawsonia libyca (214404 214408 214445 214496 214498 214499 214500 214501)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Axelrodichthys sp. (46897)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Axelrodichthys megadromos (61620 220117 220133)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Axelrodichthys megadromos (28454) Mawsoniidae indet. (220134)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Mawsoniidae indet., Axelrodichthys megadromos (48870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Axelrodichthys megadromos (48850)