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Bellerophon tenuilineata
Taxonomy
Bellerophon tenuilineata was named by Gurley (1884). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Bucanopsis tenuilineata by Weller (1929); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata by Yochelson (1960), Hoare (1961), Mudge et al. (1962) and Sturgeon (1964); it was recombined as Retispira tenuilineata by Knight (1945), Kues (1991), Kues and Batten (2001) and Kues et al. (2002).
It was recombined as Bucanopsis tenuilineata by Weller (1929); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata by Yochelson (1960), Hoare (1961), Mudge et al. (1962) and Sturgeon (1964); it was recombined as Retispira tenuilineata by Knight (1945), Kues (1991), Kues and Batten (2001) and Kues et al. (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Bellerophon tenuilineata Gurley p. 10 |
| 1929 | Bucanopsis tenuilineata Weller pp. 320 - 322 figs. pl. 1 f. 4-5b |
| 1945 | Retispira tenuilineata Knight p. 335 |
| 1960 | Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata Yochelson p. 227 |
| 1961 | Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata Hoare p. 145 figs. pl. 19 f. 9-10 |
| 1962 | Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata Mudge et al. p. 92 figs. pl. 16 f. 23-24 |
| 1964 | Knightites (Retispira) tenuilineata Sturgeon pp. 200 - 201 figs. pl. 31 f. 15-18 |
| 1991 | Retispira tenuilineata Kues p. 224 figs. 2.12-2.15 |
| 2001 | Retispira tenuilineata Kues and Batten pp. 16 - 18 figs. f. 3.37-3.38, f. 4.1-4.5 |
| 2002 | Retispira tenuilineata Kues et al. p. 125 fig. 3M |
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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 tenuilineata Gurley 1884
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. S. Kues et al. 2002 | The shell is approximately 13 mm long; is rather strongly arched across the midline; has large, open umbilical areas; bears a medial, relatively wide selenizone that is flush with the adjacent shell surface; contains about 12 very fine spiral lirae; and is bordered on each side by a low ridge composed of three coalesced lirae. Shell ornamentation consists of many fine (5/mm) spiral lirae, approximately 30 on each side of the selenizone, crossed by sinuous collabral lirae that are nearly as strong as the spiral lirae but more widely spaced. These collabral lirae are strongest early on the body whorl, where they create a subcancellate pattern, but dwindle to fine growth lines much less conspicuous than the spiral lirae on the anterior one-third to one-half of the shell. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Missourian | USA (Illinois) | Bellerophon tenuilineata (128863) |