Osteichthyes - Ptycholepidiformes - Ptycholepididae
Alternative combination: Acrolepis arctica
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1912. Notes on some fish-remains from the Lower Trias of Spitzbergen. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 11:291-297
Belongs to Boreosomus according to R. Mutter 2011
See also Nielsen 1942, Stensiö 1918, Stensiö 1921 and Woodward 1912
Sister taxa: Boreosomus gillioti, Boreosomus merlei, Boreosomus piveteaui, Boreosomus reuterskioldi, Boreosomus scaber
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sassen Bay, between De Geer Valley and Flower Valley (fish horizon), which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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