Wimania

Extinct genus of coelacanths

Wimania
Temporal range: early Olenekian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Actinistia
Order:
Coelacanthiformes
Family:
Coelacanthidae
Genus:
Wimania

Stensiö, 1921
Type species
Wimania sinuosa
Stensiö, 1921
Other species
  • Wimania? multistriata Stensiö, 1921
Synonyms

Wimania is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Svalbard.[1] Fossils were found in the Smithian (early Olenekian) aged "Fish Niveau" of the Lusitaniadalen Member of the Vikinghøgda Formation. Wimania belongs to the family Coelacanthidae. It is named after Carl Wiman.

Species

  • Wimania multistriata Stensiö, 1921
  • Wimania sinuosa Stensiö, 1921

References

  1. ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
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