†Glaphurochiton carbonarius Stevens 1858

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

Alternative combinations: Chiton carbonarius, Pterochiton carbonarius

Synonym: Helminthochiton concinnus Richardson 1956

Full reference: R. P. Stevens. 1858. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from the Appalachia, Illinois and Michigan coal fields. American Journal of Science 25:258-265

Belongs to Glaphurochiton according to A. G. Smith and R. D. Hoare 1987

See also Hoare et al. 1972, Raymond 1910, Richardson 1956 and Stevens 1858

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Glaphurochiton carbonarius: Its type locality is Roof rock of the No7 coal, which is in a Desmoinesian/Gzhelian marine limestone in the Fort Scott Limestone Formation of Illinois.
  • Helminthochiton concinnus:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (6: Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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