Rhabdolepis

Rhabdolepis; Temporal range: Asselian 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 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]

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

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