Rhabdoderma

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Rhabdoderma
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R. elegans fossil, American Museum of Natural History
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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
(Newberry, 1856) [1]
Other species
  • R. alderingi Moy-Thomas, 1937
  • R. ardrossenseMoy-Thomas, 1937
  • R. exiguum? (Eastman, 1902)
  • R. huxleyi(Traquair, 1881)
  • R. madagascariensis(Woodward, 1910)
  • R. newelli? (Hibbard, 1933)
  • R. tinglyenseDavis, 1884 [2]

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]

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Restoration of coelacanth fishes: E, Rhabdoderma Serenichthys kowiensis00.jpg
Restoration of coelacanth fishes: E, Rhabdoderma

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Forey, Peter Lawrence (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN   9780412784804.
  2. fossilworks.org
  3. "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
  4. Forey, Peter Lawrence (1981). "The coelacanth Rhabdoderma in the Carboniferous of the British Isles". Palaeontology. 24: 203–229.