Biology:Belotelson
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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans
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| Order: | Belotelsonidea
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| Family: | Belotelsonidae
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| Genus: | Belotelson Packard, 1886
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Belotelson is a genus of crustaceans, in the extinct order Belotelsonidea, containing at least two species.[1] It was first named by Packard in 1886 from material found in the Mazon Creek lagerstätte in Illinois. Its fossils have been found in Pennsylvanian age rocks.[2]
References
- ↑ Frederick Schram (2006). "Lobetelson mclaughlinae n. gen., n. sp., a new genus and species of belotelsonid malacostracan from the Pennsylvanian of the Mazon Creek area". Zoosystema 28 (2): 277–284. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612060408/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/8122_z06n2a1.pdf.
- ↑ Bulletins of American paleontology. Paleontological Research Institution. 1962. pp. 229, 321.
External links
- "Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson". Fossilmseum.net. http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Sites/Mazon-Creek/Belotelson-magister/Belotelson.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q3637857 entry
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