Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and T.B. Hoare. 1972. Middle Pennsylvanian (Allegheny Group) Polyplacophora from Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 46(5):675-680
Parent taxon: Acutichitonidae according to R. D. Hoare et al. 2002
See also Debrock et al. 1984, Hoare et al. 1983, Hoare et al. 1972, Hoare and Sturgeon 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcochiton, Kraterochiton, Soleachiton
Subtaxa: Acutichiton gracilis Acutichiton nevadensis Acutichiton pannuceus Acutichiton pyrmidalus
Type: Acutichiton pyrmidalus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Ohio, Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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