Rhabdodermatidae
Encyclopedia
Rhabdodermatidae is a family
of prehistoric, coelacanthiform
, lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Carboniferous
period (about 359 - 299 million years ago).
Family
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of prehistoric, coelacanthiform
Coelacanth
Coelacanths are members of an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of Sarcopterygii known to date....
, lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Carboniferous
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
period (about 359 - 299 million years ago).