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Bobasatrania gronlandica

Palaeonisciformes - Bobasatraniidae

Taxonomy
Bobasatrania gronlandica was named by Stensiö (1932). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch on Hold-with-Hope, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in Greenland.

It was corrected as Bobasatrania groenlandica by Stensiö (1932), Nielsen (1952) and Mutter and Heckert (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Bobasatrania groenlandica Stensiö pp. 132-164
1932Bobasatrania gronlandica Stensiö p. 132 figs. 43-48,49-52;pls 13-18; pl 19, figs 3-5; pl 31, figs 2,3; pl 38, fig 3
1952Bobasatrania groenlandica Nielsen pp. 197-203 figs. 1-2
2006Bobasatrania groenlandica Mutter and Heckert p. 537

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
familyBobasatraniidae
genusBobasatrania
speciesgronlandica

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.

Bobasatrania gronlandica Stensiö 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageg
Created: 2013-12-05 19:37:55
Modified: 2013-12-05 19:37:55
Source: g = genus, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Devyatov et al. 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Bobasatrania gronlandica (48123 type locality: 120896)