| Belotelson Temporal range: Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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. 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.
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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External links
- "Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson". Fossilmseum.net.
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