Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Ordo: Coelacanthiformes
Subordo: †Coelacanthoidei
Familia: †Rhabdodermatidae
Genus: †Rhabdoderma
Species: †Rhabdoderma elegans

Name

Rhabdoderma elegans Newberry, 1856

Synonym: Coelacanthus elegans Newberry, 1856

Distribution

North America

• United States
  • Ohio

Temporal range: Carboniferous (Westphalian)

References

• Newberry, J.S. 1856. Description of several new genera and species of fossil fishes, from the Carboniferous strata of Ohio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 96–100. Reference page. 
• Forey P.L., 1998. History of the Coelacanth Fishes 1-440 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/G. Lloyd].

Links

• Rhabdoderma elegans – Taxon details on Fossilworks.