Paleoloricata

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Paleoloricata Temporal range: Upper Cambrian – Lower Devonian^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	†Paleoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955
Included families^[1]^[2]
Suborder Chelodina Chelodidae Scanochitonidae Suborder Septemchitonina Septemochitonidae Other families Mattheviidae Walcott, 1885 Aulochitonidae Pojeta et al, 2010

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

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pojeta, J. Jr.; Vendrasco, M. J.; Darrough, G. (2010). "Upper Cambrian chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Missouri". Bull Amer Paleo. (379): 1–82. ISSN 0007-5779.
↑ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.

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