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Boreopelta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37112https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37112
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhytidosteidae : Boreopelta
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-EryopiformesSchoch 2013
-StereospondylomorphaYates and Warren 2000
-Stereospondyli
infraorderRhytidosteaSchoch and Milner 2000
superfamilyRhytidosteoideaCosgriff 1965
familyRhytidosteidaeHuene 1920
subfamilyPeltosteginaeSave-Soderbergh 1935
genusBoreopeltaShishkin 1985
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Boreopeltagenusbelongs to RhytidosteidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Boreopeltagenusbelongs to Rhytidosteidaestated with evidenceMarsicano and Warren, 1998
Boreopeltagenusbelongs to Peltosteginaestated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Boreopelta vavilovi
species
listed (PBDB)1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Boreopelta Shishkin
1988Boreopelta Carroll
1998Boreopelta Marsicano and Warren p. 152
2000Boreopelta Schoch and Milner p. 82

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Schoch R., Milner A. R. (2000) Stereospondyli, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B, 1-203
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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