Rhabdoderma
Extinct genus of coelacanths
Rhabdoderma Temporal range: Carboniferous-Early Triassic[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | †Rhabdodermatidae |
Genus: | †Rhabdoderma Reis, 1888 |
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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][3] The type species was originally described as Coelacanthus elegans.
Bibliography
- Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey
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