Belotelson

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Belotelson
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
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Belotelson

Packard, 1886
Species
  • Belotelson magister Packard, 1886
  • Belotelson traquairi (Peach, 1882)

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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Bulletins of American paleontology" (44). Paleontological Research Institution. 1962: 229, 321. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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