†Leptochiton terryiverseni Hybertsen and Kiel 2018 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Leptochitonidae
Full reference: F. Hybertsen and S. Kiel. 2018. A middle Eocene seep deposit with silicified fauna from the Humptulips Formation in western Washington State, USA . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(4):751-768
Belongs to Leptochiton according to F. Hybertsen and S. Kiel 2018
Sister taxa: Leptochiton (Leptochiton), Leptochiton (Parachiton), Leptochiton algesirensis, Leptochiton cancellatus, Leptochiton clarki
Type specimen: NRM Mo 185036, a valve (three intermediate valves)
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at UWBM B8951 Satsop Weatherwax (Eocene of Washington)
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