Boreolepis

For the Triassic ray-finned fish, see Boreosomus.

Boreolepis Temporal range: Kungurian to Wuchiapingian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	† Boreolepididae Aldinger, 1937
Genus:	† Boreolepis Aldinger, 1937
Type species
†Boreolepis jenseni Aldinger, 1937
Other species [2]
†Boreolepis tataricusEsin, 1996

Boreolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived from the Late Kungurian to the Wuchiapingian of the Permian period. It inhabited the high northern latitudes in what is now Greenland and European Russia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Two species are known: ^[5]

• Boreolepis jenseniAldinger, 1937 - Late Cisuralian (Kungurian) to Roadian of Russia, Wuchiapingian of Greenland (Clavering Island)
• Boreolepis tataricusEsin, 1996 - Late Capitanian/Early Wuchiapingian of Russia

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID   25431138. S2CID   5332637.
2. Bakaev, A. S. (2020-03-01). "A New Morphotype of Fish Teeth of the Order Eurynotoidiformes (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Permian Deposits of European Russia" . Paleontological Journal. 54 (2): 171–179. doi:10.1134/S0031030120020033. ISSN   1555-6174. S2CID   215741602.
3. Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
4. Bakaev, A. S. (2022-10-01). "On the Revision of the Permian Ray-Finned Fishes of European Russia. Part 1" . Paleontological Journal. 56 (5): 564–573. doi:10.1134/S0031030122050045. ISSN   1555-6174.
5. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-01.