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Catalog ID: CG-0503

Pharkidonotus percarinatus

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Bellerophontida
Family: Bellerophontidae
Genus: Pharkidonotus
Species: percarinatus

Geology

Period: Carboniferous
Group: Conemaugh
Formation: Glenshaw
Stratum: Pine Creek limestone

Scale bar = 5 mm.
Scale bar = 5 mm

Taxonomic Authorities

  • Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  • Order Bellerophontida Ulrich & Scofield, 1897
  • Family Bellerophontidae McCoy, 1852
  • Genus Pharkidonotus Girty, 1912
  • Species Pharkidonotus percarinatus (Conrad, 1842)

References

  • Conrad, T. A., 1842. Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States, with descriptions of new organic remains. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(2):228-280
  • Girty, G. H., 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119–156
  • Ulrich, E. O., and Scofield, W. H., 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081