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]

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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)

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