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Thairoplax merriami

Polyplacophora

Taxonomy
Thairoplax merriami was named by Hoare (2000). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS M1027 - 2 kilometers southeast of Parker Ranch, east fork of Scott River, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Gazelle Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Thairoplax merriami Hoare
2023Thairoplax merriami Wagner p. 3589

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Life
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassPaleoloricata()
genusThairoplax
speciesmerriami

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Thairoplax merriami Hoare 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (California) Thairoplax merriami (type locality: 157204)