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Belotelson

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Malacostraca

Family
  
Belotelsonidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Belotelsonidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Belotelson wwwfossilmuseumnetFossilSitesMazonCreekBelo

Similar
  
Essexella, Macroneuropteris, Tullimonstrum gregarium, Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida

Belotelson is a genus of crustacean, in the extinct order Belotelsonidea, containing at least two species. It was first named by Packard in 1886 from material foundin the Mazon Creek lagerstätte in Illinois. Its fossils have been found in Pennsylvanian age rocks.

References

Belotelson Wikipedia