†Glaphurochiton Raymond 1910 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Parent taxon: Lepidopleuridae according to A. G. Smith and R. D. Hoare 1987
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asketochiton, Camptochiton, Colapterochiton, Coryssochiton, Hadrochiton, Hanleyella, Lekiskochiton, Lobarochiton, Oldroydia, Pedanochiton, Pileochiton, Schematochiton, Stegochiton
Subtaxa: Glaphurochiton carbonarius
Type: Chiton carbonarius
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (7: Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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