†Belantsea Lund 1989 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae
Full reference: R. Lund. 1989. New petalodonts (Chondrichthyes) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone (Namurian E₂b) of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):350-368
Parent taxon: Belantseidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Lund 1989 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ctenoptychius, Netsepoye
Subtaxa: Belantsea montana Belantsea occidentalis
Type: Belantsea montana
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Kansas, Montana, Nebraska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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