Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Full reference: M. J. Vendrasco, C. L. Powell, II, and P. LaFollette. 2022. The first Miocene chiton fauna from the northeastern Pacific. Journal of Paleontology 96(5):1047-1060
Belongs to Chiton according to M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Chiton (Amaurochiton), Chiton (Chiton), Chiton (Poeciloplax), Chiton (Rhyssoplax), Chiton alveolus, Chiton antiquus, Chiton cordatus, Chiton deshayesi, Chiton eocenensis, Chiton grignionensis, Chiton howseanus, Chiton koninckii, Chiton rhaeticus, Chiton sallustii, Chiton turberculatus
Type specimen: LACMIP 43085.50, a valve (intermediate vavle). Its type locality is Super Creek "Imperial" Formation, which is in a Messinian marine siltstone in the "Imperial" Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Super Creek "Imperial" Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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