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Boreolepis

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Boreolepis
Temporal range: Kungurian to Wuchiapingian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Boreolepis tataricus Esin, 1996[2]

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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.