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.
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External links
- “Large Mazon Creek Fossil Crustacean Belotelson“. Fossilmseum.net.