Axelia

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.

Axelia Temporal range: early Olenekian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Coelacanthidae
Genus:	†Axelia Stensiö, 1921
Type species
†Axelia robusta Stensiö, 1921
Other species
†Axelia elegans Stensiö, 1921

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

See also

• Paleontology portal
• fish portal

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish