Levigny, Charnay Commune (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Wenzia latimereae-type locality

Where: Burgundy, France (46.3° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: bifurcatus ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Henry de Ferry in 1866

Primary reference: 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 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169629: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 01.06.2015

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Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
"Wenzia latimereae n. gen. n. sp." = Swenzia
"Wenzia latimereae n. gen. n. sp." = Swenzia coelacanth
MNHN JRE 47