Rhabdolepis

Rhabdolepis; Temporal range: Asselian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
Scientific 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 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.

References

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

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