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Stegochiton onerosus

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae

Taxonomy
Stegochiton onerosus was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330888, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM709d, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Hess Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Stegochiton onerosus Hoare and Smith p. 99 figs. 10J-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLepidopleuridaePilsbry 1892
genusStegochiton
speciesonerosus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Stegochiton onerosus Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Stegochiton onerosus (type locality: 109697)