Axelia
Extinct genus of coelacanths
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Axelia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish, which belonged to the family of Coelacanthidae. It lived during the Smithian (early Olenekian) age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Spitsbergen, Svalbard.[1][2] Fossils were found in the "Fish Niveau" of the Lusitaniadalen Member of the Vikinghøgda Formation.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Axeliidae |
| Genus: | †Axelia Stensiö, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| †Axelia robusta Stensiö, 1921 | |
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Erik Stensiö named the genus after his brother Axel Andersson.[2]
