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Belotelson

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Belotelsonidae

Taxonomy
Belotelson was named by Packard (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Mosc-u]. It is the type genus of Belotelsonidae.

It was assigned to Belotelsonidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Belotelsonidae by Schram (1979), Schram (2006), Klompmaker et al. (2025).

Species
B. magister, B. traquairi
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-08-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Belotelson Packard
1979Belotelson Schram p. 61
2002Belotelson Sepkoski
2006Belotelson Schram p. 278
2025Belotelson Klompmaker et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
familyBelotelsonidaeSchram 1974
genusBelotelsonPackard 1886

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Belotelson Packard 1886
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†Belotelson magister Packard 1886
†Belotelson traquairi Peach 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available