Biology:Scanochiton

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Scanochiton
Temporal range: Late cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: †Paleoloricata
Family: †Scanochitonidae
Genus: †Scanochiton
AG Smith, 1973
Species[2]

†Scanochiton jugatus
Bergenhayn, 1943

Scanochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Scanochiton became extinct during the Cretaceous period.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6. 
  2. ↑ Scanochiton at fossilworks.org (retrieved 20 October 2020)

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