''Rhabdoderma'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
coelacanth fish
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in the class
Sarcopterygii. It lived in the
Carboniferous
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and
Early Triassic
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, and its fossils have been found in
Europe
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,
Madagascar
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and
North America
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.
Species
* ''Rhabdoderma alderingi''
Moy-Thomas, 1937
* ''Rhabdoderma ardrossense''
Moy-Thomas, 1937
* ''Rhabdoderma elegans''
(Newberry 1856)
* ''Rhabdoderma exiguum''
(Eastman, 1902)
* ''Rhabdoderma huxleyi''
(Traquair, 1881)
* ''Rhabdoderma madagascariensis''
(Woodward, 1910)
* ''Rhabdoderma? newelli''
(Hibbard, 1933)
* ''Rhabdoderma tinglyense''
fossilworks.org
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Bibliography
*''Discovering Fossil Fishes'' by John Maisey and John G. Maisey
References
Rhabdodermatidae
Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
Carboniferous fish of Europe
Carboniferous fish of North America
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