Rhabdolepis

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]

Rhabdolepis Temporal range: Asselian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rhabdolepis macroptera fossil
Scientific classification
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

Two species are known, Rhabdolepis macroptera (=Amblypterus macropterus (Bronn, 1829))^[3] and R. saarbrueckensis.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish