Leptochiton terryiverseni Hybertsen and Kiel 2018 (chiton)

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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