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Bellerophon shakhtauensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon shakhtauensis was named by Mazaev (2019). Its type specimen is PIN 5538/5-24, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shakhtau open pit, sample 5, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Bellerophon shakhtauensis Mazaev p. 1256 fig. 17

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

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
No measurements are available
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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Bellerophon shakhtauensis (202159 type locality: 220884 220899)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Bellerophon shakhtauensis (220898)