Boothialepis thorsteinssoni

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Classis: †Thelodonti
Order: †Thelodontiformes
Family: †Boothialepididae
Species: †Boothialepis thorsteinssoni

Name

†Boothialepis thorsteinssoni Märss, 1999

• Holotype: GSC 114702, Trunk scale.

• Type locality and horizon: GSC locality C-26653, UTM zone 15X, 483700E, 7931750N, north-eastern Boothia Peninsula, Arctic Canada; Somerset Island Formation, upper Silurian or Lower Devonian.

Etymology: Named after Dr R. Thorsteinsson, Calgary, Geological Survey of Canada.

References

• Märss, T. 1999. A new Late Silurian or Early Devonian thelodont from the Boothia Peninsula, Arctic Canada. Palaeontology 42: 1079–1099. Reference page.