Axelrodichthys
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| Axelrodichthys araripensis | |
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| Genus: | Axelrodichthys Maisey, 1986
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| Axelrodicthys araripensis Maisey, 1986
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Axelrodichthys is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth from the Cretaceous (Albian to Santonian) of Africa, North and South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Crato Formation of Brazil, the Tlayua Formation of Mexico and the Ankazomihaboka Formation of Madagascar.[1]
References
- ^ Axelrodichthys at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- J. G. Maisey. 1986. Coelacanths from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2866:1-30
- 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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Categories:
- Mawsoniidae
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
- Albian genus first appearances
- Turonian life
- Cenomanian life
- Coniacian life
- Santonian extinctions
- Prehistoric fish of Africa
- Cretaceous Madagascar
- Fossils of Madagascar
- Mesozoic fish of North America
- Cretaceous Mexico
- Fossils of Mexico
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Crato Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1986
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs