The Vestigastropoda is a subclass of gastropods that live only in marine environments and have a nacreous layer. The group includes members of the superfamily Pleurotomarioidea, known for shells featuring a selenizone. The selenizone is a slit feature on shells that the living creature uses to aim its exhalant current.Read More →
In the past, this gastropod was known as Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus). The name in parenthesis is due to subgenera naming. In modern gastropod taxonomy, several sub and super-names are used, including unranked groups that don’t fall into a classic hierarchy. McCoy named the family Bellerophontidae in 1852 in the publication “DescriptionRead More →
I have found very little fossilized woody material in the Late Carboniferous strata locally. It most certainly exists, I just haven’t been lucky enough to recover any. That changed yesterday with the recovery of a fossilized taproot. The specimen was found in-situ in shale immediately above the Pine Creek limestone.Read More →