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Gifuchiton pentagonus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8476141	https://www.gbif.org/species/8476141
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	185882	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=185882

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Lepidopleurida : Leptochitonidae : Gifuchiton : Gifuchiton pentagonus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Leptochitonidae : Gifuchiton : Gifuchiton pentagonus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
-	Serialia	Giribet et al. 2006
class	Polyplacophora	de Blainville 1816
order	Neoloricata	Bergenhayn 1955
suborder	Lepidopleurina	Thiele 1910
family	Leptochitonidae	Dall 1889
genus	Gifuchiton	Hoare and Karasawa 2008
species	Gifuchiton pentagonus	Hoare & Karasawa 2008

Generic Name

Gifuchiton

Scientific Name

Gifuchiton pentagonus Hoare & Karasawa, 2008

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gifuchiton pentagonus	species	belongs to Gifuchiton	stated with evidence	Hoare and Karasawa, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Polyplacophora)

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Polyplacophora)

Vision

limited (based on Polyplacophora)

Diet

grazer (based on Polyplacophora)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Polyplacophora)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Hoare and H. Karasawa. 2008. Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusa) from the Akasaka Limestone, Gifu, Japan. Paleontological Research 12:321-327

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2008	Gifuchiton pentagonus Hoare and Karasawa p. 325 fig. 3

References

Hoare R., Karasawa H. (2008) Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusa) from the Akasaka Limestone, Gifu, Japan, Paleontological Research 12, 321-327

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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