Protochiton
Extinct genus of molluscs
Protochiton Temporal range: Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Family: | †Protochitonidae |
Genus: | †Protochiton Ashby, 1925 |
Protochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Protochiton became extinct during the Eocene period.[1]
References
- ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
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