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Bellerophon chesterensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4962387https://www.gbif.org/species/4962387
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)72593https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72593
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon chesterensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon chesterensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyBellerophontidaeM'Coy 1851
subfamilyBellerophontinaeM'Coy 1851
genusBellerophonde Montfort 1808
speciesBellerophon chesterensisWeller 1920
Generic NameBellerophon
Scientific NameBellerophon chesterensis Weller, 1920
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bellerophon chesterensisspeciesbelongs to Bellerophonstated without evidenceWeller, 1920
Bellerophon chesterensisspeciesbelongs to Bellerophonstated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance339 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance339 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophon)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophon)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Weller. 1920. The geology of Hardin County and the adjoining part of Pope County. Bulletin of the Illinois State Geological Survey 41:1-416

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1920Bellerophon chesterensis Weller
1974Bellerophon chesterensis Thein and Nitecki pp. 44 - 46 figs. f. 11
2017Bellerophon chesterensis Wagner p. 6087

References

Weller S. (1920) The geology of Hardin County and the adjoining part of Pope County, Bulletin of the Illinois State Geological Survey 41, 1-416
Thein M.L., Nitecki M.H. (1974) Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin, Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34, 1-238
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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