EUROPEAN PALEOZOIC POLYPLACOPHORA, MULTIPLACOPHORA, AND TURRILEPADIDA IN UNITED STATES REPOSITORIES

Three important collections of European Devonian and Lower Carboniferous polyplacophorans have been located in United States institutions. The specimens provided a basis for better description of important characters and clarified some taxonomic assignments. Two new polyplacophoran species are in th...

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Published inJournal of paleontology Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 95 - 108
Main Author HOARE, R. D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boulder Paleontological Society 01.01.2002
Cambridge University Press
Subjects
Collections
Epiphyses
Fossils
Geology
Illustrative plates
Museums
Natural history
New species
Paleontology
Parallel plates
Sinuses
Surface areas
Taxa
United States
US
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Summary:Three important collections of European Devonian and Lower Carboniferous polyplacophorans have been located in United States institutions. The specimens provided a basis for better description of important characters and clarified some taxonomic assignments. Two new polyplacophoran species are in the collections, Helminthochiton carpenteri from the Devonian of Germany and Pterochiton absidatus from the Lower Carboniferous of Belgium. Beloplaxus sagittalis (Sandberger and Sandberger, 1853–1855) is recognized as a multiplacophoran and a new genus and species of turrilepadid, Bouturrilipas scutatus, is proposed.
ISSN:0022-3360
1937-2337
DOI:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0095:EPPMAT>2.0.CO;2