Swenzia
Swenzia Temporal range:
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Latimeriidae |
Genus: | †Swenzia Clement, 2006 |
Type species | |
Swenzia latimerae (Clement, 2005)
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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]
See also[]
- Sarcopterygii
- List of sarcopterygians
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Clément, G. 2006. Swenzia, n. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied coelacanth genus Wenzia Clément. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 26:p. 461.
- ^ Uyeno, T. and Y. Yabumoto. 2008. Origin of extant coelacanths. The Coelacanth, Fathom the Mystery 2007 Aquamarine Fukushima. p. 24–26.
Categories:
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
- Latimeriidae
- Fossil taxa described in 2005
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs
- Jurassic fish stubs