Boreosomus
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Italic title". Template:Automatic taxobox Boreosomus (meaning: "boreal body") is an extinct genus of Triassic marine ray-finned fish. It was first described from the Arctic island of Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Norway), hence its genus name, but was later also discovered in other parts of the world. The type species is Boreosomus arcticus (= Acrolepis arctica Woodward, 1912).
Classification
Boreosomus belongs to the family Ptycholepidae (= Boreosomidae/Chungkingichthyidae). Other genera of this family are Acrorhabdus (Spitsbergen), Ardoreosomus (Nevada, United States), Chungkingichthys (China), Ptycholepis (global) and Yuchoulepis (China).[1]
Some studies recover Boreosomus as a potential chondrostean.[2]
Description
A characteristic feature of Boreosomus and other ptycholepids is the dorsal fin, which inserts at the level of the pelvic fins in the middle portion of the body. Most contemporary ray-fins have their dorsal fin in a more posterior position, often opposite to the anal fin. Also typical for ptycholepids are the somewhat rectangular, horizontally arranged suborbital bones.[3]
Boreosomus gillioti could reach a body length of about Template:Cvt. Caudal fin was divided. Scales were strong and rectangular.[4]
Fossil record
Boreosomus had a worldwide distribution during the Early Triassic and is also known from the Middle Triassic. Fossils of Boreosomus were found, apart from Spitsbergen (Svalbard), in Greenland, Madagascar, China (Shaanxi), Spain (Catalonia), United States (Arizona), and Canada (British Columbia).[5][6]
Species
- Template:ExtinctBoreosomus arcticus (Woodward, 1912) [Acrolepis arctica Woodward 1912] (type species) - Early Triassic (Induan) of Svalbard
- Template:ExtinctBoreosomus gillioti (Priem, 1924) [Diaphorognathus gillioti (Priem 1924); Gyrolepis gillioti Priem 1924] - Early Triassic (Induan) of Madagascar
- Template:ExtinctBoreosomus piveteaui Nielsen, 1942[3] - Earliest Triassic (Induan) of Greenland
- Template:ExtinctBoreosomus reuterskioeldi Stensiö, 1921 - Early Triassic (Induan) of Svalbard
- Template:ExtinctBoreosomus scaber Stensiö, 1921 - Early Triassic (Spathian) of Svalbard
Indeterminate species are known from the Early Triassic of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Guizhou), as well as the Middle Triassic of Svalbard, Spain, and possibly the United States (Arizona).[5]
The species B. merlei is now placed in Australosomus.[7]
See also
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References
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- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Early Triassic fish
- Middle Triassic fish
- Triassic bony fish
- Fossils of Svalbard
- Fossils of Greenland
- Fossils of Madagascar
- Fossils of China
- Fossils of British Columbia
- Triassic fish of North America
- Triassic fish of Europe
- Triassic fish of Asia
- Triassic fish of Africa
- Induan genus first appearances
- Olenekian genera
- Anisian genera
- Ladinian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1921