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Boreosomus scaber

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Boreosomus scaber was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sassen Bay, Mountain between De Geer Valley and Flower Valley (upper saurian), which is in a Ladinian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Boreosomus scaber Stensiö p. 221 figs. Pl. 24, Fig. 4; Pl. 26, Fig. 3; Pl. 35, Fig. 4
2011Boreosomus scaber Mutter

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

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 scaber 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: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Boreosomus scaber (120372)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Boreosomus scaber (120222 120373 120374)