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Scanochiton

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Scanochiton
Temporal range: Late cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. ^ "Scanochiton". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 October 2020.