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Boreosomus arcticus
Taxonomy
Acrolepis arctica was named by Woodward (1912). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sassen Bay, between De Geer Valley and Flower Valley (fish horizon), which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
It was recombined as Boreosomus arcticus by Stensiö (1921), Nielsen (1942) and Mutter (2011).
It was recombined as Boreosomus arcticus by Stensiö (1921), Nielsen (1942) and Mutter (2011).
Synonymy list
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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 arcticus Woodward 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available