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Ivoechiton oklahomensis

Polyplacophora - Gotlandochitonidae

Taxonomy
Ivoechiton oklahomensis was named by Smith and Toomey (1964) [Smith in Smith & Toomey 1964]. Its type specimen is OU 5219, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mill Creek Section, 6 miles WSW of Mill Creek village, upper mound interval, which is in a Jeffersonian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone/reef rocks in the Kindblade Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ivoechiton oklahomensis Smith and Toomey p. 22 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassPaleoloricata()
suborderChelodina
familyGotlandochitonidae
genusIvoechiton
speciesoklahomensis

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.

†Ivoechiton oklahomensis Smith and Toomey 1964
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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: Jeffersonian or 485.40000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Ivoechiton oklahomensis (type locality: 80100)