†Paleochiton Smith and Toomey 1964 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata - Gotlandochitonidae
Full reference: A. G. Smith and D. F. Toomey. 1964. Chitons from the Kindblade Formation (Lower Ordovician), Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 1-41
Parent taxon: Gotlandochitonidae according to A. G. Smith and D. F. Toomey 1964
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eochiton, Gotlandochiton, Ivoechiton
Subtaxa: Paleochiton kindbladensis Paleochiton siskiyouensis
Type: Paleochiton kindbladensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (1: California collection)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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