Wimania

Wimania; Temporal range: early Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Axeliidae
Genus:	†Wimania; Stensiö, 1921
Type species
	†Wimania sinuosa; Stensiö, 1921
Other species
	†Wimania? multistriata Stensiö, 1921;
Synonyms
	Leioderma Stensiö, 1918);

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.

Family:†Axeliidae

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