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Rhabdoderma

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Rhabdoderma
Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Rhabdoderma

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

Species

  • Rhabdoderma alderingi
  • Rhabdoderma ardrossense
  • Rhabdoderma elegans (syn. Coelacanthus elegans Newberry 1856)[2]
  • Rhabdoderma exiguum
  • Rhabdoderma huxleyi
  • Rhabdoderma madagascariensis
  • Rhabdoderma newelli
  • 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