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Bellerophon pennatus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8664859https://www.gbif.org/species/8664859
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)174077https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=174077
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon pennatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon pennatus
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 pennatusEtheridge 1907
Generic NameBellerophon
Scientific NameBellerophon pennatus Etheridge, 1907
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bellerophon pennatusspeciesbelongs to Bellerophonstated with evidenceEtheridge, 1907
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance272 - 269 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance272 - 269 Ma
Permian
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophon)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophon)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Official contributions to the palaeontology of South Australia, No. 18 - Carboniferous fossils from Fossil Head, Treachery Bay, Victoria River estuary. South Australian Parliamentary Paper 55(Suppl):6-11

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Bellerophon pennatus Etheridge Jr. p. 10 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-7
1996Bellerophon pennatus Archbold et al. p. 68 figs. 1D-H

References

Etheridge Jr. R. (1907) Official contributions to the palaeontology of South Australia, No. 18 - Carboniferous fossils from Fossil Head, Treachery Bay, Victoria River estuary, South Australian Parliamentary Paper 55 Suppl, 6-11
Archbold N. W., Swart R. H., et al (1996) Permian fossil marine invertebrates from the Northern Territory described by Robert Etheridge Junior, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 108 2, 63-71
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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