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Boreolepis

Palaeonisciformes - Boreolepidae

Taxonomy
Boreolepis was named by Aldinger (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: P m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Boreolepidae by Aldinger (1937) and Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Boreolepis Aldinger p. 122
2002Boreolepis Sepkoski
2005Boreolepis Tverdokhlebov et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
familyBoreolepidae
genusBoreolepis

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. †Boreolepis Aldinger 1937
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Boreolepis jenseni Aldinger 1937
Boreolepis tataricus Esin 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Vyatkian or 279.30000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) B. jenseni (187322)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Komi Republic) B. jenseni (232603)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation B. jenseni (109484 198777)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) B. tataricus (93030)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland B. jenseni (121972 121976)