Belantsea
Belantsea (named after a legendary ancestor of the Crow Nation) is a genus of extinct petalodontid cartilaginous fish that lived during the Lower Carboniferous, about 350 million years ago. Its fossils are found in the Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte. Its body was leaf-shaped, with muscular fins and a small tail. Such a body plan would allow for great maneuverability, but at the cost of speedy cruising. Its few, large, triangular teeth formed a beak-like arrangement that allowed it to graze bryozoans, sponges, crinoids, and other encrusting animals. The genus contains two species, B. montana and B. occidentalis.
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Belantsea
Belantsea (named after a legendary ancestor of the Crow Nation) is a genus of extinct petalodontid cartilaginous fish that lived during the Lower Carboniferous, about 350 million years ago. Its fossils are found in the Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte. Its body was leaf-shaped, with muscular fins and a small tail. Such a body plan would allow for great maneuverability, but at the cost of speedy cruising. Its few, large, triangular teeth formed a beak-like arrangement that allowed it to graze bryozoans, sponges, crinoids, and other encrusting animals. The genus contains two species, B. montana and B. occidentalis.
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Belantsea (named after a lege ...... f the order Petalodontiformes.
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Belantsea es un género extinto ...... ca de orden Petalodontiformes.
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Il Belantsea montana Lesueur, ...... dell'ordine Petalodontiformes.
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*Ctenopetalus occidentalis (St. John and Worthen, 1875)
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Lower Carboniferous
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*B. montana (Lund, 1989)
*B. occidentalis
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Belantsea montana
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Belantsea (named after a lege ...... . montana and B. occidentalis.
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Belantsea es un género extinto ...... ca de orden Petalodontiformes.
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Il Belantsea montana Lesueur, ...... dell'ordine Petalodontiformes.
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Belantsea montana
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