Axelia

Axelia; 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:	†Axelia; Stensiö, 1921
Type species
	†Axelia robusta; Stensiö, 1921
Other species
	†Axelia elegans Stensiö, 1921;

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.

Erik Stensiö named the genus after his brother Axel Andersson.^[2]

References

1 2 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.
1 2 Stensiö, Erik (1921). Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen. Vienna: Adolf Holzhausen. pp. xxviii + 307. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.159141. S2CID 83338211.