Biology:Rhabdolepis
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Rhabdolepis | |
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| Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Genus: | †Rhabdolepis Troschel, 1857
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
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| Type species | |
| †Palaeoniscum macropterum Bronn, 1829
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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
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
Wikidata ☰ Q7319985 entry
