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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus was named by Yochelson (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 115197 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus Yochelson p. 261 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-9,11-13,18

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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
speciesparvicristus

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1412.77.5049.010.410.9

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (43476)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (43478 43482)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (43573 101780 121483)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon parvicristus (101770 101771 101784 101795 121509)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (type locality: 90007 101772 101773 121331 121374 121495 121496 121498)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Bellerophon parvicristus (121358 121361 121500 121507)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon parvicristus (43586 81617 121493)