Acutichiton is among the most primitive genera of Neoloricate chitons.[3] Acutichiton became extinct during the Carboniferous period.[1] Articulated specimens are known.[4]
Acutichiton Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Family: | Leptochitonidae |
Subfamily: | †Helminthochitoninae |
Genus: | †Acutichiton Hoare, R.D.; Sturgeon, M.T.; Hoare, T.B. (1972). "Middle Pennsylvanian (Allegheny Group) Polyplacophora from Ohio". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (5): 675–680. JSTOR 1303024. |
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