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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum was named by Hoare (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 31. Waste banks of Carroll mine on the west side of Tebo Creek, ΒΌ mile northeast of Lewis, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale/coal in the Cabaniss Formation of Missouri.

It was corrected as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatus by Kues (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum Hoare pp. 139-140 figs. pl. 19 f. 3-5
1984Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatus Kues p. 110

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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
speciesplanodorsatum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Myachkovian or 312.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon planodorsatus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Bellerophon planodorsatum (type locality: 70381 75870)