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Bellerophon pennatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon pennatus was named by Etheridge (1907). Its type specimen is NMV P30031 and is a cast. Its type locality is Fossil Head, Port Keats Mission, Bonaparte Gulf, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Lower Marine Beds Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Bellerophon pennatus Etheridge Jr. p. 10 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-7
1996Bellerophon pennatus Archbold et al. p. 68 figs. 1D-H

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

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.

Bellerophon pennatus Etheridge Jr. 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.8

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: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Northern Territory) Bellerophon pennatus (type locality: 101259)