Boothialepis thorsteinssoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Thelodontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Classis: †Thelodonti Ordo: †Thelodontiformes

Familia: †Boothialepididae
Genus: †Boothialepis
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.