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Belodella

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Belodellidae

Taxonomy
Belodella was named by Ethington (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov D Fras-m Sepkoski's reference number: 800,867]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cornuodontidae by Stouge (1984); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Belodellidae by Pyle and Barnes (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Belodella Ethington
1984Belodella Stouge p. 59
2002Belodella Pyle and Barnes p. 58
2002Belodella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderBelodellida
familyBelodellidaeKhodalevich and Tschernich 1973
genusBelodellaEthington 1959

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.

G. †Belodella Ethington 1959
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Belodella cooperi Armstrong 1990
Belodella resima Philip 1965
Belodella silurica Barrick 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Famennian or 468.00000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (872 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (308)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) B. sp. (106478)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) B. erecta, B. sp. (27081) B. sp. (27080 27084)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) B. n. sp. (210657)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) B. sp. (4713)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeNan) B. sp. (20771)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) B. sp. (7959)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) B. sp. (4711)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) B. sp. (9295)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) B. sp. (4712)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) B. triangularis (83919)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Komi Republic) B. sp. (214920)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain B. devonica (197173)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany B. resima (228558)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Portugal B. resima (199545)
Late/Upper Devonian - Carboniferous382.31 - 298.9Greece (Chios) B. triangularis (222756)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2China (Guangxi) B. sp. (13009 13011)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) B. sp. (223209)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (40006)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Queensland) B. resima (177550)