Fossil Shrimp, Belotelson magister, Mazon Creek, Carboniferous, USA

AVERAGE SIZE: 52mm

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AVERAGE SIZE: 52mm

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Name: Belotelson magister (Fossil Shrimp)
Age:
Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Carboniferous
Location: 
Chowder Flats, Morris, Ill, USA

Belotelson is a genus of crustaceans, in the extinct order Belotelsonidea, containing at least two species. 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.

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