Boreichthys

For the Permian ray-finned fish, see Boreolepis.

For the mainly Early Triassic ray-finned fish, see Boreosomus.

Boreichthys Temporal range: Norian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Colobodontidae
Genus:	†Boreichthys Selezneva, 1982
Species:	†B. skolai
Binomial name
†Boreichthys skolai Selezneva, 1982

Boreichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch (possibly Norian age)[1] in what is now Franz-Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[2]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Minikh, M. G.; Minikh, A. V. (2006). "Triassic Zonal Scheme of European Russia on Ichthyofauna. [Zonal'naya schema triasa Evropeyskoj Rossii po ikhtiofaune]". Izvestiya Saratovskogo Universiteta (Seriya Nauk O Zemle 1) (in Russian). 6: 63–71.
2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.