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Boreosomus reuterskioldi

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Boreosomus reuterskioldi was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö p. 215 figs. Pl. 22, Fig. 4; Pl. 27, Fig. 3; Pl. 28, Fig. 1
1942Boreosomus reuterskioldi Nielsen p. 380
2022Boreosomus reuterskioldi Argyriou et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusBoreosomus
speciesreuterskioldi

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.

Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Boreosomus reuterskioldi (120228 120231 120296 120304 120366)