Belotelson
| Belotelson Temporal range: Pennsylvanian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Belotelsonidea |
| Family: | Belotelsonidae |
| 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 foundin the Mazon Creek lagerstätte in Illinois. Its fossils have been found in Pennsylvanian age rocks.[2]
External links
- "Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson". Fossilmseum.net.
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" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 277–284. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12.
- ↑ "Bulletins of American paleontology" (44). Paleontological Research Institution. 1962: 229, 321.
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