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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon majusculus was named by Walcott (1884) [Most of the specimens put here by other authors probably do not belong here.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus by Yochelson and Saunders (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Bellerophon majusculus Walcott p. 256 figs. pl. 23 f. 1, 1a; pl. 24 f. 6
1967Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus Yochelson and Saunders pp. 43 - 44

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

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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon majusculus (90740 90745 90747 90749 90750)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon majusculus (233342)