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Mawsonia lavocati

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Mawsonia lavocati was named by Tabaste (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is southwest foot of Gara Sbâa, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Gara Sbaa Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mawsonia lavocati Tabaste p. 466
1998Mawsonia lavocati Forey p. 328
2004Mawsonia lavocati Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusMawsonia
specieslavocati

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 lavocati Tabaste 1963
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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

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (13274)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Mawsonia lavocati (type locality: 59771)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Mawsonia lavocati (227231)