Rhabdolepis

Extinct genus of fishes

Rhabdolepis
Temporal range: Asselian[1]
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Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Palaeonisciformes[2]
Genus:
Rhabdolepis

Troschel, 1857
Binomial name
Rhabdolepis macroptera
(Bronn, 1829)
Type species
Palaeoniscum macropterum
Bronn, 1829
Other species
  • R. saarbrueckensis Gardiner, 1963
Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil

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]

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

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b 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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