Rhabdolepis

Rhabdolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Asselian age of the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now Germany (Rhineland-Palatine, Saarland) and France (Burgundy).[1][3]

Rhabdolepis
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Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
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Rhabdolepis

Troschel, 1857
Binomial name
Rhabdolepis macroptera
(Bronn, 1829)
Type species
Palaeoniscum macropterum
Bronn, 1829
Other species
Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil

Two species are known, Rhabdolepis macroptera and R. saarbrueckensis.

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References

  1. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  3. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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