Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele 1893 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Alternative spelling: Rhyssoplax
Parent taxon: Chiton according to E. Schwabe and P. Lozouet 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002, Wells and Houston 2001 and Wu and Lee 2024
Sister taxa: Chiton (Amaurochiton), Chiton (Chiton), Chiton (Poeciloplax), Chiton alveolus, Chiton antiquus, Chiton cordatus, Chiton deshayesi, Chiton eocenensis, Chiton grignionensis, Chiton howseanus, Chiton koninckii, Chiton rhaeticus, Chiton sallustii, Chiton solaris, Chiton turberculatus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Cosy Dell Farm (Oligocene of New Zealand)