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Pyknochiton lunatus

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata

Taxonomy
Pyknochiton lunatus was named by Hoare (2000). Its type specimen is UM 2731, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia. It is the type species of Pyknochiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Pyknochiton lunatus Hoare p. 573 fig. 1.21–1.26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
genusPyknochiton
specieslunatus

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.

†Pyknochiton lunatus Hoare 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available