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Boreosomus

Osteichthyes - Ptycholepidiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Boreosomus was named by Stensiö (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 863].

It was assigned to Acrolepidae by Lehman (1952); to Palaeoniscidae by Nielsen (1942), Beltan (1968), Beltan (1972), Uyeno (1978); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptycholepididae by Cartanyà (1999), Neuman (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Boreosomus Stensiö p. 210
1933Diaphorognathus Brough
1942Boreosomus Nielsen p. 10
1952Boreosomus Lehman p. 70
1968Boreosomus Beltan p. 23
1972Boreosomus Beltan p. 290
1978Boreosomus Uyeno p. 193
1999Boreosomus Cartanyà p. 540
2002Boreosomus Sepkoski
2015Boreosomus Neuman pp. 562 - 563

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderPtycholepidiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusBoreosomus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Boreosomus Stensiö 1921
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Boreosomus arcticus Woodward 1912
Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924
Boreosomus merlei Beltan 1957
Boreosomus piveteaui Nielsen 1942
Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921
Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921
Invalid names: Diaphorognathus Brough 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available