Rhabdoderma

Rhabdoderma Temporal range: Carboniferous-Early Triassic[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
R. elegans fossil, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Rhabdodermatidae
Genus:	†Rhabdoderma Reis, 1888
Type species
Coelacanthus elegans (Newberry, 1856)[1]
Other species
†R. alderingi Moy-Thomas, 1937 †R. ardrossense Moy-Thomas, 1937 †R. exiguum? (Eastman, 1902) †R. huxleyi (Traquair, 1881) †R. madagascariensis (Woodward, 1910) †R. newelli? (Hibbard, 1933) †R. tinglyense Davis, 1884[2]
Synonyms
†Dumfregia[3]

Rhabdoderma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. Fossils of Rhabdoderma have been found in Europe, Madagascar and North America, in Carboniferous and Early Triassic (Induan) aged rocks, with a hiatus in between.^[1][4] The type species was originally described as Coelacanthus elegans. Five species are considered valid in 1981.^[5]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Forey, Peter Lawrence (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804.
2. ^ fossilworks.org
3. ^ Richard, Cloutier; Peter L., Forey (1991). "Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii)". The Biology of Latimeriachalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths. 1 (1): 59–74. doi:10.1007/BF00007445.
4. ^ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
5. ^ Forey, Peter Lawrence (1981). "The coelacanth Rhabdoderma in the Carboniferous of the British Isles". Palaeontology. 24: 203–229.

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