Mattheviidae

Mattheviidae
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian
Plates of Matthevia. Coin: 19 mm diameter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Paleoloricata
Family: Mattheviidae
Walcott, 1885
Genera

Mattheviidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil chitons, marine polyplacophoran mollusks that are found in Upper Cambrian deposits.[1]

References

  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.


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