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Bellerophon kyndalynensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kyndalynensis was named by Yoo (1994). Its type specimen is ANU F.78348, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kyndalyn. Yoo Loc. 24. Behind Kyndalyn homestead, 10 km S of Somerton, which is in a Visean marine mudstone/limestone in the Merlewood Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Bellerophon kyndalynensis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kyndalynensis Yoo p. 71 figs. pl. 1 f. 9-12
2023Bellerophon kyndalynensis Wagner p. 5595

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

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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Bellerophon kyndalynensis (type locality: 44144)