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Chiton koninckii ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8635099	https://www.gbif.org/species/8635099
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	153881	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=153881

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Chitonidae : Chiton : Chiton koninckii

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Chitonidae : Chiton : Chiton koninckii

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
family	Chitonidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Chiton	Linnaeus 1758
species	Chiton koninckii	Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849

Generic Name

Chiton

Scientific Name

Chiton koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1849

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chiton koninckii	species	belongs to Chiton	stated with evidence	Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1849

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

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)

A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1849	Chiton koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps p. 156 figs. pl. 18, figs. 3a-b
1973	Chiton koninckii Smith p. 18

References

Smith A. G. (1973) Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography, Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103, 1-30

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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