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Cryptochiton
Taxonomy
Cryptochiton was named by Middendorff (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Acanthochitonidae by Berry (1922), Abbott (1974); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Acanthochitonidae by Berry (1922), Abbott (1974); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Cryptochiton Middendorff 1847
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Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847 [giant Pacific chiton]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | USA (California) | C. stelleri (207044) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | C. stelleri (96594) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | C. stelleri (138719 139843 207043) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | C. stelleri (37933 37937 37939 37943 37946) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | C. stelleri (138723 222663 222665) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | C. stelleri (52347 67613 67641) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Amicula stelleri (240650 240651 240655) C. stelleri (207041) |