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Waagenella yuani

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon yuani was named by Yin (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 510. Mokou, Fuihsien (Fi-l-Hsien), which is in a Gzhelian/Asselian carbonate limestone in the Houkou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Waagenella yuani by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Bellerophon yuani Yin pp. 7 - 8 figs. pl. 1 f. 5-6
2023Waagenella yuani Wagner p. S7687

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

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.

†Waagenella yuani Yin 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Asselian or 303.70000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5China (Hopei) Bellerophon yuani (149177)