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Cheilotomona

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Cheilotomona
Temporal range: 242.0–232.0 Ma
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Cheilotomona

Strand, 1928[1]
Species
  • Cheilotomona acutocarinata
  • Cheilotomona avisii
  • Cheilotomona blumi
  • Cheilotomona elegans Yin and Yochelson, 1983[2]
  • Cheilotomona pentagonum

Cheilotomona is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine gastropods in the family Goniasmatidae. The species C. elegans is from a Pelsonian/Illyrian marine shale/marl in the Triassic Qingyan Formation of Guizhou Province, China.

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References

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  1. ^ E. Strand. 1928. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abteilung A, pages 30-75
  2. ^ H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. Middle Triassic Gastropoda from Qingyan, Guizhou Province, China: 1 - Pleurotomariacea and Murchisoniacea. Journal of Paleontology 57(1):162-187
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  • "Cheilotomona". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • "Cheilotomona". Paleobiology Database.