Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative spelling: Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus)
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156
Parent taxon: Bellerophontinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aglaoglypta, Bellerophon, Bubovicus, Khumerspira, Kodymites, Liljevallospira, Mogulia, Praematuratropis, Ptychobellerophon, Semilukispira, Sphaerocyclus, Waagenella
Subtaxa: Pharkidonotus acutocarinatus Pharkidonotus altitropis Pharkidonotus breyeri Pharkidonotus galeatus Pharkidonotus harrodi Pharkidonotus khairliensis Pharkidonotus khaonoiensis Pharkidonotus labioreflexus Pharkidonotus megalius Pharkidonotus percarinatus Pharkidonotus westi
Type: Bellerophon percarinatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (8), Thailand (3), United States (8: Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)
• Carboniferous of Peru (1), United States (93: Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 121 collections including 125 occurrences
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