Mawsonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish. It is amongst the largest of all coelacanths, with one quadrate specimen (DGM 1.048-P) possibly...
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Mawsonia. Mawsonia may refer to: Mawsonia (fish), an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Cretaceous period Mawsonia (fungus)...
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Mawsonia is a fungal genus in the family Lichinaceae. It is a monospecific genus, containing the single species Mawsonia harrissonii, a rare saxicolous...
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equivalent in age to the youngest known fossils of latimeriids. Species of Mawsonia and Trachymetopon are known to have exceeded 5 metres in length, making...
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shared the waters with the holostean fish Lepidotus and the coelacanth Mawsonia. The dinosaur fauna was represented by the iguanodontian Lurdusaurus, which...
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the American ichthyologist Herbert R. Axelrod. Like its close relative Mawsonia, Axelrodichthys is a coelacanth with an elongated, low, and wide skull...
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gigas may refer to: Marginellona gigas, a deepwater sea snail species Mawsonia gigas, an extinct fish species Manospondylus gigas, the original name for...
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covering the neurocranium. Chinlea and Mawsonia also have an even number of extrascapulars. Compared to Mawsonia and Axelrodichthys, the bifurcated region...
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Jurassic and Cretaceous mawsoniid coelacanth genera Trachymetopon and Mawsonia likely reached or exceeded 5 metres (16 feet) in length, making them amongst...
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are known from the faunas containing other spinosaurids, including the Mawsonia, in the mid-Cretaceous of northern Africa and Brazil. Direct evidence for...
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†Allenypterus montanus West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae †Mawsonia gigas Ray-finned fishes form a class of bony fishes called Actinopterygii...
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diversity. Toriño et al. (2024) reconstruct the skull of a specimen of Mawsonia from the Upper Jurassic strata in Uruguay. Cupello et al. (2024) describe...
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(16 ft) long, making Trachymetopon the largest of all coelacanths alongside Mawsonia. A study published in 2015 revealed that this coelacanth belongs to the...
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†Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma...
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deposits bore large fishes, including the sawskate Onchopristis, coelacanth Mawsonia, and bichir Bawitius. This led to an abundance of piscivorous crocodyliformes...
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formation. Aquatic taxa known from the deposits include the large coelacanth Mawsonia gigas; the ray Myliobatis sp. (of uncertain species); two sclerorhynchid...
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lavocati A mawsoniid coelacanth; this species was previously assigned to Mawsonia, and its generic assignment is still not certain Neoceratodus N. africanus...
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species of bothremydid turtle, which is also known as a side-necked turtle. Mawsonia sp., a giant Coelacanth known from Africa and South America, but fossils...
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among the animals of Paleozoic era. The largest coelacanth is Cretaceous Mawsonia gigas with estimated total length up to 5.3 m (17 ft). Jurassic Trachymetopon...
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Martin (1984) and reassigned by Kemp (1998) to the genus Asiatoceratodus. Mawsonia M. tegamensis A small species. Neoceratodus N. africanus Tooth plates....
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indet. Lobe-finned fish Arganodus cf. tinguidiensis Ceratodus latissimus Mawsonia cf. gigas Crato Formation Romualdo Formation Malhada Vermelha Formation...
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†Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma...
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Araujo, M.N., Ferreira, N.N., Vilas Bôas, I., 2011. O senhor dos rios: Mawsonia gigas (Mawsoniidae) do Cenomaniano do Maranhão, Brasil. In: Carvalho, I...
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are known to have coexisted alongside Rebbachisaurus and the coelacanths Mawsonia lavocati and Axelrodichthys also coexisted with Rebbachisaurus. Several...
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Dodge published a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae, named Mawsonia in his honour. His image appeared on several postage stamps of the Australian...
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†Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma...
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Tacuadactylus luciae Fish Arganodus tiguidiensis Asiatoceratodus tiguidiensis Mawsonia gigas Neoceratodus africanus Priohybodus arambourgi Halecostomi indet....
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†Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma...
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†Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma...
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