Swenzia Temporal range:UpperOxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Suborder:	Latimerioidei
Family:	Latimeriidae
Genus:	†Swenzia Clement, 2006
Type species
Swenzia latimerae (Clement, 2005)
Synonyms
Wenzia latimeraeClement, 2005

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

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