Swenzia

Swenzia is an extinct genus of coelacanthid fish from the late Jurassic of France.[1] It contains a single species, S. latimerae, which was originally described as Wenzia latimerae. Because the generic name Wenzia was already preoccupied by a snail, the generic name was amended to Swenzia.[2] It is the fossil genus most closely related to the living coelacanth, Latimeria.[3]

Swenzia
Temporal range: Upper Oxfordian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: †Swenzia
Clement, 2006
Type species
Swenzia latimerae
(Clement, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Wenzia latimerae Clement, 2005

See also
  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Clement, G. 2005. A new coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Jurassic of France, and the question of the closest relative fossil to Latimeria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 25:p. 481–491.
  2. Clément, G. 2006. Swenzia, n. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied coelacanth genus Wenzia Clément. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 26:p. 461.
  3. Uyeno, T. and Y. Yabumoto. 2008. Origin of extant coelacanths. The Coelacanth, Fathom the Mystery 2007 Aquamarine Fukushima. p. 24–26.


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