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Chiton
Taxonomy
Chiton was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Wells and Houston (2001); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chitonidae by Smith (1973), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006) and Vendrasco et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Wells and Houston (2001); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chitonidae by Smith (1973), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006) and Vendrasco et al. (2022).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Chiton Linnaeus p. 667 |
| 1973 | Chiton Smith p. 7 |
| 1974 | Chiton Abbott p. 404 |
| 1995 | Chiton Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 2001 | Chiton Wells and Houston p. 35 |
| 2002 | Chiton Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Chiton Schwabe and Lozouet p. 622 |
| 2022 | Chiton Vendrasco et al. p. 1057 |
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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.
G. Chiton Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Chiton (Amaurochiton) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus 1758
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†Chiton (Chiton) berryi Smith et al. 1968
†Chiton (Chiton) cretaceous Berry 1939
†Chiton (Chiton) rossi Smith et al. 1968
Subg. †Chiton (Poeciloplax) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele 1893
Chiton alveolus Loven 1846
†Chiton antiquus Conrad 1855
†Chiton cordatus Kirkby 1859
†Chiton deshayesi Terquem 1852
†Chiton eocenensis Conrad 1855
†Chiton grignionensis Lamarck 1802
†Chiton howseanus Kirkby 1857
†Chiton koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849
†Chiton rhaeticus Moore 1861
†Chiton sallustii Parona 1909
Chiton solaris Vendrasco et al. 2022
Chiton turberculatus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 259.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | C. howseanus (109718) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | C. sp. (130853) | |
| Jurassic | France | C. deshayesi (91209) | |
| Aalenian | United Kingdom | C. rhaeticus (91223) | |
| Bathonian | France | C. dangeardi, C. broilusi (38738) C. koninckii (91221) | |
| Cenomanian | Italy | C. sallustii (91224) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | C. cretaceous (88357) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | C. berryi (91198 215512) | |
| Maastrichtian | Puerto Rico | C. rossi (215513) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Puerto Rico | C. rossi (66738) | |
| Lutetian | France | C. grignionensis (184110 184815) C. grinionensis (184107) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Washington) | Leptochiton alveolus (172002) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | C. sp. (99734) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | C. prostremus, C. eocenensis (90600) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | C. sp. (44410 44518) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Washington) | Leptochiton alveolus (193971) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Leptochiton alveolus (4869) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Rhyssoplax sp. (219615) | |
| Sarmatian | Slovakia | C. sp. (145974) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Chile (Huasco) | C. vetustus (223683) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | C. solaris (227380) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | C. sp. (118257 118306 118317 118318) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Italy | C. sp. (175548 175549 175550 175551 175552) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | C. nigrovirescens (110489) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | C. sp. (118303) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (97962 97964 97967 97968) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Livorno) | C. olivaceus (173663) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Chile (Huasco) | C. sp. (223690) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | C. sp. (201413) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Chile (Tarapaca) | C. sp. (96672) |