Bowengriphus

Bowengriphus; Temporal range: Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Bowengriphus; Ritchie & Edgecome, 2001[1]
Species:	†B. perphlegis
Binomial name
	†Bowengriphus perphlegis; Ritchie & Edgecome, 2001[1]

Bowengriphus is a freshwater organism known from Late Permian deposits in Australia[2] that reached about 15 cm in length.[1]

It was originally interpreted as a relative of Odontogriphus, but a re-analysis of this fossil discounted any relationship, placing the fossil as incertae sedis.[3]

References

Ritchie, A.; Edgecombe, G. D. (2001). "An Odontogriphid from the Upper Permian of Australia". Palaeontology. 44: 861. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00205.
the Late Permian Rangal Coal Measures of eastern central Queensland.
Caron, J.-B.; Scheltema, A.; Schander, C.; Rudkin, D. (2006). "A soft-bodied mollusc with radula from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale" (PDF). Nature. 442 (7099): 159–163. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..159C. doi:10.1038/nature04894. PMID 16838013.

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[Ritchie2001-1] Ritchie, A.; Edgecombe, G. D. (2001). "An Odontogriphid from the Upper Permian of Australia". Palaeontology. 44: 861. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00205.

[2] the Late Permian Rangal Coal Measures of eastern central Queensland.

[Caron2006-3] Caron, J.-B.; Scheltema, A.; Schander, C.; Rudkin, D. (2006). "A soft-bodied mollusc with radula from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale" (PDF). Nature. 442 (7099): 159–163. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..159C. doi:10.1038/nature04894. PMID 16838013.