Biology:Paleoloricata

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Short description: Extinct order of molluscs

Paleoloricata
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian – Cretaceous
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Paleoloricata
Bergenhayn, 1955
Included families[1][2]

The Paleoloricata are valved polyplacophora without sutural laminae or insertion plates (as found in the neoloricata).[1] The "order" probably represents a paraphyletic grouping.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:Upper Cambrian Chitons
  2. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6. 

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