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Redescription of Bellerophon bittneri (Gastropoda: Triassic) from Wyoming.

January 1, 1985

Bellerophon bittneri Newell and Kummel is an Early Triassic bellerophontacean from the Dinwoody Formation in the Wind River Mountains. The available type material consists of one fair, but incomplete, external mold, which resembles a Bellerophon but is actually a Retispira. After repeated search, additional specimens were found at one locality in the southern Wind River Range of Wyoming; Retispira bittneri is redescribed from this new material. Like other Triassic bellerophontaceans, there is nothing unusual about the species apart from occurrence in the Mesozoic; it is clearly congeneric with Permian Retispira from underlying rocks. -Authors

Publication Year 1985
Title Redescription of Bellerophon bittneri (Gastropoda: Triassic) from Wyoming.
Authors E. L. Yochelson, D.W. Boyd, B. Wardlaw
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Contributions to Geology - University of Wyoming, Laramie
Index ID 70013015
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse