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Gifuchiton pentagonus

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Leptochitonidae

Taxonomy
Gifuchiton pentagonus was named by Hoare and Karasawa (2008). Its type specimen is MFM250024, a partial shell (intermediate plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal packstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Gifuchiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Gifuchiton pentagonus Hoare and Karasawa p. 325 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderLepidopleurina
familyLeptochitonidaeDall 1889
genusGifuchiton
speciespentagonus

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.

†Gifuchiton pentagonus Hoare and Karasawa 2008
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Gifuchiton pentagonus (type locality: 109667)