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Septemchiton

Description

Septemchiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Septemchiton became extinct during the Ordovician period.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4584558https://www.gbif.org/species/4584558
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8043https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8043
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Septemchitonidae : Septemchiton
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Septemchiton
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
-SerialiaGiribet et al. 2006
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassPaleoloricata
genusSeptemchitonBergenhayn 1955
Scientific NameSeptemchiton Bergenhayn, 1955
Name Published InActa Univ. lund. Avd. 2 (N. S.) 51 (8)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Septemchitongenusbelongs to Paleoloricatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance452 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine,brackish (based on Polyplacophora)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Polyplacophora)
Visionlimited (based on Polyplacophora)
Dietgrazer (based on Polyplacophora)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Polyplacophora)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemchiton

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Septemchiton iowensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Septemchiton Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Univ. lund. Avd. 2 (N. S.) 51 (8) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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