Biology:Rhabdoderma
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Short description: Extinct genus of coelacanths
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| 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] The type species was originally described as Coelacanthus elegans.
Bibliography
- Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey
See also
- Sarcopterygii
- List of sarcopterygians
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. pp. 434. ISBN 9780412784804. https://books.google.com/books?id=wHZ6WwqbrmkC&dq=C.+elegans+Newberry&pg=PA307.
- ↑ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. http://users.atw.hu/fishindex/sarcopterygii/coelacanthiformes/coelacanthiformes.htm.
- ↑ fossilworks.org
Wikidata ☰ Q7319982 entry
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