†Axelia elegans Stensiö 1921 (coelacanth)
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Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307
Belongs to Axelia according to E. A. Stensiö 1921
See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxon: Axelia robusta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Congress, fish horizon, which is in a Smithian marine shale in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mt. Congress, fish horizon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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