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Pterochiton newelli

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Leptochitonidae

Taxonomy
Pterochiton newelli was named by Smith (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 211133, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM726d, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. kliazmensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pterochiton newelli Smith p. 285 figs. 29-34
2007Pterochiton newelli Sigwart p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLeptochitonidaeDall 1889
genusPterochitonCarpenter 1882
speciesnewelli

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.

†Pterochiton newelli Smith 1976
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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: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Pterochiton newelli (type locality: 101807)