| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon patersoni |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon patersoni |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Bellerophon |
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| Scientific Name | Bellerophon patersoni (Hall, 1862) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Bellerophon patersoni | species | belongs to Bellerophon | stated without evidence | Hall, 1862 | | Bellerophon patersoni | species | belongs to Bucanopsis | implied | Frest et al., 1999 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Bellerophon) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | detritivore (based on Bellerophon) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Hall. 1862. Contributions to palaeontology; comprising descriptions of new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 15:29-155 |
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Bellerophon patersoni ✝
