Echinochiton Dufoei : A New Spiny Ordovician Chiton

Echinochiton dufoei new genus and species is described from the Ordovician age Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation (Blackriveran) near Beloit, Wisconsin. For a variety of reasons, we regard E. dufoei as a chiton; the species is known from four articulated or partially articulated specimens, one...

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Published inJournal of paleontology Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 646 - 654
Main Authors Pojeta, J Jr, Eernisse, D J, Hoare, R D, Henderson, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2003
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Chiton
USA, Wisconsin
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Summary:Echinochiton dufoei new genus and species is described from the Ordovician age Forreston Member, Grand Detour Formation (Blackriveran) near Beloit, Wisconsin. For a variety of reasons, we regard E. dufoei as a chiton; the species is known from four articulated or partially articulated specimens, one of which has eight plates and two of which have a mucro on the tail plate. Echinochiton dufoei differs from other chitons in having large hollow spines that project from each of the known plates. In plate shape and position, E. dufoei is much like the Upper Cambrian species Matthevia variabilis , and the Lower Ordovician species Chelodes whitehousei .
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ISSN:0022-3360
DOI:10.1043/0022-3360(2003)077(0646:EDANSO)2.0.CO;2