Rhabdoderma

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Rhabdoderma
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Early Triassic
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Rhabdoderma

Reis, 1888

Rhabdoderma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. It lived in the Carboniferous and Early Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe, Madagascar and North America.

Species[]

  • Rhabdoderma alderingi Moy-Thomas, 1937
  • Rhabdoderma ardrossense Moy-Thomas, 1937
  • Rhabdoderma elegans (Newberry 1856)[2]
  • Rhabdoderma exiguum (Eastman, 1902)
  • Rhabdoderma huxleyi (Traquair, 1881)
  • Rhabdoderma madagascariensis (Woodward, 1910)
  • Rhabdoderma? newelli (Hibbard, 1933)
  • Rhabdoderma tinglyense[3]

Bibliography[]

  • Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey

References[]

  1. ^ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
  2. ^ History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Peter Forey at Google Books
  3. ^ fossilworks.org


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