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Chauliochiton knighti

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Gryphochitonidae

Taxonomy
Chauliochiton knighti was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330882, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM725d, Hill 4402, Baylor Mountains, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Chauliochiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Chauliochiton knighti Hoare and Smith p. 96 figs. 8, 9A-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderCymatochitoninaSirenko and Starobogatov 1977
familyGryphochitonidae
genusChauliochiton
speciesknighti

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.

†Chauliochiton knighti Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available