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Bellerophon blairi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon blairi was named by Miller and Gurley (1896). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sedalia, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Chouteau Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Bellerophon blairi Miller and Gurley p. 21 figs. pl. 3 f. 7-9
1967Bellerophon blairi Yochelson and Saunders p. 40

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

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.

Bellerophon blairi Miller and Gurley 1896
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Bellerophon blairi (type locality: 147937)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Bellerophon blairi (3309 3310)