Boreopricea

Boreopricea
Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Crocopoda
Genus: †Boreopricea
Tatarinov, 1978
Species:
†B. funerea
Binomial name
†Boreopricea funerea
Tatarinov, 1978

Boreopricea is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of arctic Russia.[1] It is known from a fairly complete skeleton discovered in a borehole on Kolguyev Island, though damage to the specimen and loss of certain bones has complicated study of the genus. Boreopricea shared many similarities with various other archosauromorphs, making its classification controversial. Various studies have considered it a close relative of Prolacerta,[1][2] tanystropheids,[3] both,[4] or neither.[5] Boreopricea is unique among early archosauromorphs due to possessing contact between the jugal and squamosal bones at the rear half of the skull.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Benton, Michael J.; Allen, Jackie L. (November 1997). "Boreopricea from the Lower Triassic of Russia, and the relationships of the prolacertiform reptiles" (PDF). Palaeontology. 40 (4): 931–953.
  2. ^ Ezcurra, Martín D. (2016-04-28). "The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms". PeerJ. 4: e1778. doi:10.7717/peerj.1778. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4860341. PMID 27162705.
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