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Lepidopleurina
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Lepidopleurina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 12 (14%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. Thiele. 1910. Revision des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica 22:1-132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acutichitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Choriplacidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Crassitudochitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Gryphochitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 296 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Hanleyidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lepidopleuridae family | listed (PBDB) | 79 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Leptochitonidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ochmazochitonidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 279 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Homeochiton ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Pyknochiton ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1910 | Lepidopleurina Thiele |
| 1974 | Lepidopleurina Abbott p. 392 |
| 1984 | Lepidopleurina Debrock et al. p. 1118 |
| 1995 | Lepidopleurina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 2004 | Lepidopleurina Zalvide et al. p. 144 |
References
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!
