Rhabdolepis

Rhabdolepis
Temporal range: Asselian[1]
Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Genus: †Rhabdolepis
Troschel, 1857
Type species
†Palaeoniscum macropterum
Bronn, 1829
Species
  • †R. macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
  • †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][2]

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

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  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.