Lepidochitona szoetsi Dell'Angelo et al. 2014 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Full reference: B. Dell'Angelo, M. Sosso, A. Kroh and A. Dulai. 2014. Polyplacophora from the Eocene of Gánt, Hungary. Bulletin of Geosciences 90(2):359-370

Belongs to Lepidochitona according to B. Dell'Angelo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona), Lepidochitona caprearum, Lepidochitona gantensis, Lepidochitona lowei, Lepidochitona squiresi, Lepidochitona viciani, Lepidochitona washingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gant locality, Új-feltárás, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal claystone in the Kincses Formation of Hungary

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Gant locality, Új-feltárás

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