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Bellerophon jeffersonensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon jeffersonensis was named by Weller (1906). It is not extant. Its type locality is Goetz's Lime Quarry, just below Glen Park Station, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Glen Park Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bellerophon jeffersonensis Weller
1953Bellerophon jeffersonensis Hyde p. 321
2023Bellerophon jeffersonensis Wagner p. 4057

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusBellerophon
speciesjeffersonensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.90000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Bellerophon jeffersonensis (type locality: 147905)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Ohio) Bellerophon jeffersonensis (93067)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Bellerophon jeffersonensis (57050)