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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum was named by Yochelson (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum Yochelson pp. 266 – 267 figs. pl. 50 f. 1-9, 11-12

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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
specieskingorum

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height126.544.5010.06.301.86

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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon kingorum (43517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Bellerophon kingorum (type locality: 43548 43551 43563)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Tunisia (Madanin) Bellerophon crassus (42091)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Bellerophon kingorum (43550)