Mawsoniids Temporal range: Triassic–Cretaceous |
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Fossil of Axelrodichthys araripensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Suborder: | Latimerioidei |
Family: | †Mawsoniidae |
Genera | |
Mawsoniidae is an extinct family of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Triassic to Cretaceous period.