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Lepidochitonidae
Description | Lepidochitonidae is a family of chitons belonging to the order Chitonida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidochitonidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Lepidochitonidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Lepidochitonidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidochitonidae |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cyanoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Juvenichiton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lepidochitona genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Micichiton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nanichiton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nuttallina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Particulazona genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
References
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
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!