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Peelerophon oehlerti

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon oehlerti was named by Bergeron (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Peelerophon.

It was recombined as Peelerophon oehlerti by Yochelson (1982), Jell et al. (1984), Frýda (1989) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Bellerophon oehlerti Bergeron
1935Oxynodiscus keideli Kobayashi pp. 63 - 64 figs. pl. 11 f. 19-20
1937Oxydiscus keideli Harrington
1938Bucania cyrtoglypha Harrington p. 136 figs. pl. 3 figs 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16
1982Peelerophon oehlerti Yochelson pp. 56 - 57 figs. pl. 14 f. 1-3, 10-14
1984Peelerophon oehlerti Jell et al.
1989Peelerophon oehlerti Frýda p. 230
2023Peelerophon oehlerti Wagner p. 299

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPeelerophon
speciesoehlerti()

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.

Peelerophon oehlerti Bergeron 1889
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Invalid names: Peelerophon cyrtoglypha Harrington 1938 [synonym], Peelerophon keideli Kobayashi 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Late/Upper Llandeilo or 478.60000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Peelerophon oehlerti (20819 167669 167671)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Peelerophon oehlerti (8901 8902)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Bucania cyrtoglypha (8882) Oxydiscus keideli, Bucania cyrtoglypha (169617)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Peelerophon oehlerti (101705)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7China (Zhejiang) Peelerophon oehlerti (64594)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Western Australia) Peelerophon oehlerti (56626)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Peelerophon sp. (20828)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia Bucania cyrtoglypha (8843)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) Peelerophon oehlerti (20820 20827)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina (Jujuy) Peelerophon oehlerti (167379)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Bolivia (Tarija) Peelerophon oehlerti (167377)