Rhabdoderma
| Rhabdoderma Temporal range:
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| R. elegans fossil, American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Rhabdodermatidae |
| Genus: | †Rhabdoderma Reis, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Coelacanthus elegans | |
| Other species | |
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Rhabdoderma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. Fossils of Rhabdoderma have been found in Europe, Madagascar and North America, in Carboniferous and Early Triassic (Induan) aged rocks, with a hiatus in between.[1][3] The type species was originally described as Coelacanthus elegans. Five species are considered valid in 1981.[4]
Bibliography
[edit]- Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Forey, Peter Lawrence (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804.
- ^ fossilworks.org
- ^ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
- ^ Forey, Peter Lawrence (1981). "The coelacanth Rhabdoderma in the Carboniferous of the British Isles". Palaeontology. 24: 203–229.
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