Rhabdodermatidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of coelacanths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|359|250|Carboniferous–Early Triassic}}

| image = Cardiosuctor populosum - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07771.JPG

| image_caption = Caridosuctor populosum

| taxon = Rhabdodermatidae

| authority = Berg, 1958

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * †Caridosuctor

• †Rhabdoderma
• †Spermatodus

}}

Rhabdodermatidae is a family of prehistoric, coelacanthimorph, lobe-finned fishes which lived mainly during the Carboniferous period (about 359 - 299 million years ago), with some members surviving until the Early Triassic epoch (~250 myr ago).{{cite book |last=Forey |first=Peter L. |year=1998 |title=History of the coelacanth fishes |publisher=Chapman & Hall |location=London |pages=434 |ISBN=9780412784804 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHZ6WwqbrmkC&dq=C.+elegans+Newberry&pg=PA307}}[http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=199151&is_real_user=1 Rhabdodermatidae] - Paleobiology Database{{cite web|url=http://users.atw.hu/fishindex/sarcopterygii/coelacanthiformes/coelacanthiformes.htm |title=Coelacanthiformes |access-date=20 Nov 2012|publisher=ATW.hu}}