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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) mongoliensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon squamatus mongoliensis was named by Grabau (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jisu Honguer Limestone Undivided, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) mongoliensis by Yochelson (1960); it was recombined as Bellerophon mongoliensis by Grabau (1931) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Bellerophon mongoliensis Grabau p. 243 figs. pl. 33 f. 3,4
1960Bellerophon (Bellerophon) mongoliensis Yochelson p. 239
2023Bellerophon mongoliensis Wagner p. S7253

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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
speciesmongoliensis()

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