PALEOLORICATA

Paleoloricata; Temporal range: Upper Cambrian – Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	† Paleoloricata; Bergenhayn, 1955
Included families
	Suborder Chelodina ; Chelodidae ; Scanochitonidae; Suborder Septemchitonina ; Septemchitonidae; Other families ; Mattheviidae Walcott, 1885 ; Aulochitonidae Pojeta et al, 2010 ;

The Paleoloricata are valved polyplacophora without sutural laminae or insertion plates (as found in the neoloricata).^[1] The "order" probably represents a paraphyletic grouping.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pojeta, J. Jr.; Vendrasco, M. J.; Darrough, G. (2010). "Upper Cambrian chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Missouri". Bull Amer Paleo. (379): 1–82. ISSN 0007-5779.
^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.

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[Pojeta2010-1] Pojeta, J. Jr.; Vendrasco, M. J.; Darrough, G. (2010). "Upper Cambrian chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Missouri". Bull Amer Paleo. (379): 1–82. ISSN 0007-5779.

[van1981-2] van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.

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