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Axelia ✝

Description

Axelia is a prehistoric genus of lobe-finned fish which belonged to the family of Coelacanthidae.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4839067https://www.gbif.org/species/4839067
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34903https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34903
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Coelacanthiformes : Whiteiidae : Axelia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Whiteiidae : Axelia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusAxeliaStensiö 1921
Scientific NameAxelia Stensiö, 1921
Name Published InTriassic Fishes Spitzbergen
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Axeliagenusbelongs to Coelacanthiformesstated without evidenceForey, 1998
Axeliagenusbelongs to Coelocanthiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Axeliagenusbelongs to Coelacanthidaestated without evidenceSchultze, 2004
Axeliagenusbelongs to Whiteiidaestated with evidenceArratia and Schultze, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Axelia elegans ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Axelia robusta ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1921Axelia Stensiö p. 89
1998Axelia Forey p. 300
2002Axelia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Axelia Schultze p. 466
2015Axelia Arratia and Schultze p. 2

References

Stensiö E. A. (1921) , Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I, 1-307
Forey P. L. (1998) , History of the Coelacanth Fishes, 1-440
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Schultze H.-P. (2004) Mesozoic sarcopterygians, Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, 463-492
Arratia G., Schultze H. P. (2015) A new fossil actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35, e983524
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Triassic Fishes Spitzbergen - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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