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Belodella

Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae

Taxonomy
Belodella was named by Ethington (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov D Fras-m Sepkoski's reference number: 800,867]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cornuodontidae by Stouge (1984); to Belodellidae by Pyle and Barnes (2002); and to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Belodella Ethington
1984Belodella Stouge p. 59
2002Belodella Pyle and Barnes p. 58
2002Belodella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderBelodellida
familyBelodellidaeKhodalevich and Tschernich 1973
genusBelodellaEthington 1959

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.

G. †Belodella Ethington 1959
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Belodella cooperi Armstrong 1990
Belodella resima Philip 1965
Belodella silurica Barrick 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Llanvirn to the top of the Famennian or 463.50000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (871 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (308)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) B. n. sp. (210657)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) B. erecta, B. sp. (27081) B. sp. (27080 27084)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) B. sp. (106478)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) B. sp. (4713)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeNan) B. sp. (20771)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeBei) B. sp. (7959)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (Hubei) B. sp. (4711)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) B. sp. (9295)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (Hubei) B. sp. (4712)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) B. triangularis (83919)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Portugal B. resima (199545)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain B. devonica (197173)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) B. sp. (214920)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Germany B. resima (228558)
Late/Upper Devonian - Carboniferous382.7 - 298.9Greece (Chios) B. triangularis (222756)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5China (Guangxi) B. sp. (13009 13011)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (40006)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) B. sp. (223209)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Queensland) B. resima (177550)