†Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ptycholepidiformes - Ptycholepididae
Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307
Belongs to Boreosomus according to T. Argyriou et al. 2022
See also Nielsen 1942 and Stensiö 1921
Sister taxa: Boreosomus arcticus, Boreosomus gillioti, Boreosomus merlei, Boreosomus piveteaui, Boreosomus scaber
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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