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Bellerophon (Bellerophon)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Bellerophon (Bellerophon) de Montfort p. 50
1960Bellerophon (Bellerophon) Knight et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusBellerophon
subgenusBellerophon

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height5211.44.5049.010.29.76

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Changhsingian or 387.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Bellerophon sp. A, Bellerophon sp. B (39234 39872) Bellerophon sp. B (66149)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Iowa) Bellerophon panneus, Bellerophon vinculatus (146537)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Nevada) Bellerophon sp. (77065)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) Bellerophon welshi (5517 5518 69283 69285)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Nevada) Bellerophon needlensis (154955)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon planodorsatus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Bellerophon planodorsatum (70381 75870)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Bellerophon stevensanus (174923)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon sp. (50767)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (43476)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Bellerophon stevensianus (50219)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Bellerophon stevensanus (71993)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon indet. (146828)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Bellerophon huecoensis (75937) Bellerophon parvicristus (43478 43482)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Bellerophon huecoensis (121508) Bellerophon parvicristus (43573 121483) Bellerophon parvicristus, Bellerophon huecoensis (101780)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Japan (Iwate) Bellerophon kitakamiensis (182561)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon huecoensis (81725 121499 121510) Bellerophon parvicristus (101772 101773 121331 121374 121495 121496 121498) Bellerophon parvicristus, Bellerophon complanatus (90007)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon parvicristus (101784 121509) Bellerophon parvicristus, Bellerophon huecoensis (101770 101771) Bellerophon parvicristus, Bellerophon oteroensis (101795)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Bellerophon sp. (66104)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Bellerophon equivicalus (62131)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon majusculus (233342)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon hilli (43491 43510 43513 43515 81644 81942 81949) Bellerophon hilli, Bellerophon kingorum (43517) Bellerophon majusculus (90740 90745 90747 90749 90750) Bellerophon parvicristus (43586 81617 121493)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Bellerophon huecoensis (113125 121359 121502 121503 121506) Bellerophon parvicristus (121358 121361 121500 121507)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Bellerophon hilli (43512 81640 81693 101767) Bellerophon kingorum (43548 43551 43563)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Bellerophon crassus (42091)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Bellerophon lamellosus, Bellerophon cristatus (108672)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Bellerophon kingorum (43550)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan (Shikoku) Bellerophon sp. (149241)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Bellerophon blanfordianus (119688 126277)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India (Kashmir) Bellerophon blanfordianus (115367) Bellerophon sp., Bellerophon blanfordianus (115364)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Malaysia (Pahang) Bellerophon sp. (115251)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Bellerophon blanfordianus (119656 119685 126008 126692 126736 126737 126738 126937 126938 126939 127030) Bellerophon blanfordianus, Bellerophon equivocalis (126004) Bellerophon blanfordianus, Bellerophon orientalis (125928) Bellerophon equivocalis (126345) Bellerophon orientalis (126699 126936 126941)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Bellerophon sp. (56894)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Japan Bellerophon sp. (113878 113879)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Wyoming) Bellerophon sp. (82134)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Bellerophon blanfordianus (126746) Bellerophon blanfordianus, Bellerophon orientalis (126709 127017) Bellerophon equivocalis (126749) Bellerophon equivocalis, Bellerophon orientalis (126747) Bellerophon orientalis (126700 126704 126745 126751 126752 126759 126760 126985 127012 127014)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17India (Kashmir) Bellerophon sp., Bellerophon blanfordianus (115371 115373 115374)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Bellerophon blanfordianus (89064 90251 119625 119637 119686 119687 126882) Bellerophon blanfordianus, Bellerophon orientalis (126981) Bellerophon equivocalis (126898) Bellerophon equivocalis, Bellerophon orientalis (126889) Bellerophon orientalis (126883 126887 126933 126934)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Bellerophon sp. (56891) Bellerophon yochelsoni (56892)