Biology:Rhabdolepis

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Rhabdolepis
Temporal range: Asselian[1]
Rhabdolepis macropterus (fossil fish) (Lower Permian; Germany) 1 (34049932030).jpg
Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Order:
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

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish


References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012. 
  3. 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