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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	Latimeriidae
Genus:	†Swenzia Clement, 2006
Type species
Swenzia latimerae (Clement, 2005)
Synonyms
Wenzia latimerae Clement, 2005

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• 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.