Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Synonym: Wenzia Clement 2005 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. Clement. 2006. Swenzia, n. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied coelacanth genus Wenzia Clement, 2005. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):461-461

Parent taxon: Latimeriinae according to C. Ferrante and L. Cavin 2023

See also Clement 2005, Clement 2006, Dutel et al. 2012 and Graf 2012

Sister taxa: Holophagus, Latimeria, Libys, Macropoma, Megalocoelacanthus, Undina

Subtaxa: Swenzia latimerae Wenzia latimerae

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Levigny, Charnay Commune (Jurassic of France)

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