Rhabdolepis

Rhabdolepis Temporal range: Asselian[1] 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 (=Amblypterus macropterus (Bronn, 1829))^[3] and R. saarbrueckensis.