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]
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| Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil | |
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| Genus: | †Rhabdolepis Troschel, 1857
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| †Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
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| †Palaeoniscum macropterum Bronn, 1829
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Two species are known, Rhabdolepis macroptera and R. saarbrueckensis.
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- ^ a b 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. S2CID 5332637.
- ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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