Rhabdoderma

Rhabdoderma; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Subclass:	Actinistia
Family:	†Rhabdodermatidae[2]
Genus:	†Rhabdoderma; Reis, 1888
Type species
	†Rhabdoderma elegans; (Newberry, 1856)[1]
Other species
	†R. alderingi Moy-Thomas, 1937; †R. ardrossense Moy-Thomas, 1937; †R. exiguum (Eastman, 1902); †R. huxleyi (Traquair, 1881); †R. madagascariensis (Woodward, 1910); †R. newelli (Hibbard, 1933); †R. tinglyense Davis, 1884[3];

Rhabdoderma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. It lived in the Carboniferous and Early Triassic (Induan), and its fossils have been found in Europe, Madagascar and North America.[1] The type species was originally described as Coelacanthus elegans.

Restoration of coelacanth fishes: E, Rhabdoderma

Bibliography

Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804.
"Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
fossilworks.org

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