Belotelson

Belotelson
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: †Belotelsonidea
Family: †Belotelsonidae
Genus: †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. 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

  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}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)