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Gryphochitonidae
Taxonomy
Gryphochitonidae was named by Pilsbury (1900).
It was assigned to Cymatochitonina by Hoare (2002); and to Lepidopleurina by Hanger et al. (2000), Hoare et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Cymatochitonina by Hoare (2002); and to Lepidopleurina by Hanger et al. (2000), Hoare et al. (2002).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Gryphochitonidae Pilsbury |
| 2000 | Gryphochitonidae Hanger et al. p. 192 |
| 2002 | Gryphochitonidae Hoare p. 99 |
| 2002 | Gryphochitonidae Hoare et al. p. 256 |
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Fm. †Gryphochitonidae Pilsbury 1900
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G. †Gryphochiton Gray 1847
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†Gryphochiton asamiae Hoare and Karasawa 2008
†Gryphochiton distinctus Hoare et al. 2002
†Gryphochiton girtyi Hoare and Smith 1984
†Gryphochiton planoplata Hanger et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Capitanian or 426.70000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ludlow | USA (California) | Gryphochitonidae indet. (229624) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | Gryphochiton distinctus (39157) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Chauliochiton knighti (101806) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Oregon) | Chauliochiton sp., Gryphochiton planoplata (7141) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Chauliochiton knighti (43598 101783 102615) Helminthochiton girtyi, Chauliochiton knighti (101807) | |
| Capitanian | Japan | Gryphochiton asamiae, Aaptochiton pustulosus (109667) |