Boreosomus Stensiö 1921 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307

Parent taxon: Ptycholepididae according to A. G. Neuman 2015

See also Beltan 1968, Beltan 1972, Cartanyà 1999, Lehman 1952, Nielsen 1942, Sepkoski 2002 and Uyeno 1978

Sister taxa: Acrorhabdus, Ardoreosomus, Ptycholepis

Subtaxa: Boreosomus arcticus Boreosomus gillioti Boreosomus merlei Boreosomus piveteaui Boreosomus reuterskioldi Boreosomus scaber

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), China (2), Greenland (4), Madagascar (5), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (17), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences

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