Axelrodichthys

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Axelrodichthys
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Subclass: Coelacanthimorpha
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Mawsoniidae
Genus: Axelrodichthys

Axelrodichthys is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth from the Early Cretaceous of South America.

[edit] Sources

  • Discovering Fossil Fishes by John G. Maisey, David Miller, Ivy Rutzky, and Craig Chesek
  • History of the Coelacanth Fishes by Peter Forey
  • Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth by Keith Stewart Thomson
  • The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long
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