Belotelson

Belotelson; Temporal range: Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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);

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

^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

"Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson". Fossilmseum.net.

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[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)

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