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Lepidopleuridae

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry
1974Lepidopleuridae Abbott p. 392
1984Lepidopleuridae Debrock et al. p. 1118
1998Lepidopleuridae Beesley p. 177
2002Lepidopleuridae Hoare p. 572

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLepidopleuridaePilsbry 1892
familyLepidopleuridaePilsbry 1892

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.

Fm. †Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry 1892
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G. †Asketochiton Hoare and Sabattini 2000
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Asketochiton chubutensis Hoare and Sabattini 2000
G. †Camptochiton Debrock et al. 1984
G. †Colapterochiton Hoare and Mapes 1985
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Colapterochiton decorus Hoare and Mapes 1985
G. †Coryssochiton Debrock et al. 1984
G. †Glaphurochiton Raymond 1910
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Invalid names: Helminthochiton concinnus Richardson 1956 [synonym]
G. †Hadrochiton Hoare 2000
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Hadrochiton pileus Hoare 2000
G. †Lekiskochiton Hoare and Smith 1984
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Lekiskochiton fornicis Hoare and Smith 1984
G. †Lobarochiton Hoare 1976
G. Oldroydia Dall 1894
G. †Pedanochiton Debrock et al. 1984
G. †Pileochiton Debrock et al. 1984
G. †Schematochiton Hoare 2002
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G. †Stegochiton Hoare and Smith 1984
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Stegochiton coxi Hoare and Smith 1984
Stegochiton onerosus Hoare and Smith 1984
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Pleistocene or 345.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 336.0 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0Canada (Alberta) Chiton carbonarius (62396)
Morrowan318.1 - 314.6USA (Oklahoma) Colapterochiton decorus (79329)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Colapterochiton decorus (79328)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 306.95USA (Texas) Camptochiton squarrosus, Coryssochiton parallelus, Pedanochiton discomptus, Pileochiton cancellus (41873)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Oklahoma) Glaphurochiton sp. (91530)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Ohio) Pterochiton carbonarius (71963 72004 79324 79327)
Desmoinesian - Gzhelian313.8 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Chiton carbonarius (128873)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Pennsylvania) Glaphurochiton carbonarius (233315)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Pterochiton arthurcooperi (43482)
Permian298.9 - 252.17Argentina (Chubut) Asketochiton chubutensis (7142)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Stegochiton coxi (75936)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Glaphurochiton sp. (89333)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Pterochiton arthurcooperi (105972)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Pterochiton arthurcooperi (43491 43513 43516 43517 43562 43566 75923 81711 101785 105931) Pterochiton arthurcooperi, Lekiskochiton fornicis (105940) Pterochiton arthurcooperi, Stegochiton coxi (101806) Stegochiton onerosus (109697)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Parak) Hadrochiton pileus (8524)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Lekiskochiton fornicis (101807) Pterochiton arthurcooperi (43512 43548 43551 43563 43598 101767 101781 101782 101783 101805 101808 102604 102610 102611 102615 105932)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Pterochiton arthurcooperi (43550 101867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Oldroydia percrassa (201624)