Oligochiton Berry 1922 (chiton)

Polyplacophora

Full reference: S. S. Berry. 1922. Fossil chitons of Western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11(18):399-526

Parent taxon: Amphineura according to B. L. Clark and R. Arnold 1923

See also Berry 1922

Sister taxa: Callochitonidae, Chitonida, Dycheiidae, Mesoplacophora, Multiplacophora, Neoloricata, Paleoloricata, Prisochiton, Trachydermon

Subtaxa: Oligochiton lioplax

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Kirby Creek, east (Oligocene of British Columbia)

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