Rhabdoderma

Extinct genus of coelacanths

Rhabdoderma
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Early Triassic[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Rhabdodermatidae
Genus: Rhabdoderma
Reis, 1888
Type species
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[2]

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.

Restoration of coelacanth fishes: E, Rhabdoderma

Bibliography

  • Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804.
  2. ^ fossilworks.org
  3. ^ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
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Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Rhabdoderma


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