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Swenzia ✝
Description | Swenzia is an extinct genus of coelacanthid fish from the late Jurassic of France. 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. It is the fossil genus most closely related to the living coelacanth, Latimeria. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swenzia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Coelacanthiformes : Latimeriidae : Swenzia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Latimeriidae : Swenzia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Swenzia Clément, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Article title: Swenzia, n. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied coelacanth genus Wenzia Clement, 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Clement. 2005. A new coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Jurassic of France, and the question of the closest fossil relative to Latimeria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):481-491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swenzia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Swenzia latimerae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Wenzia latimerae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Wenzia Clément, 2005 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Coelacanthiformes : Latimeriidae : Wenzia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2005 | Swenzia Clement p. 461 |
2005 | Wenzia Clement p. 482 |
2006 | Swenzia Clement p. 461 |
2012 | Swenzia Dutel et al. p. 22 |
2012 | Swenzia Graf |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!