Belotelson

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]

Belotelson
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Belotelsonidea
Family:
Belotelsonidae
Genus:
Belotelson

Packard, 1886
Species
  • Belotelson magister Packard, 1886
  • Belotelson traquairi (Peach, 1882)
  • "Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson". Fossilmseum.net.

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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