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Boreolepis jenseni

Palaeonisciformes - Boreolepidae

Taxonomy
Boreolepis jenseni was named by Aldinger (1937). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Spath Plateau, River 14, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Ravnefjeld Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Boreolepis jenseni Aldinger p. 124 figs. 33-36,92; pl 22, fig 4; pl 27,28; pl 29, figs 1,2; pl 30; pl 31, fig 2; pl 32,33
2022Boreolepis jenseni Bakaev p. 572

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

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.

†Boreolepis jenseni Aldinger 1937
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Diagnosis
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