Robustum nodum
Appearance
Robustum nodum Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | †Paleoloricata |
Family: | †Mattheviidae |
Genus: | †Robustum |
Species: | †R. nodum
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Binomial name | |
†Robustum nodum Stinchcomb and Darrough, 1995
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Robustum nodum is the one species of a problematic genus of Ordovician hemithecellid mollusc proposed by Stinchcomb and Darrough in 1995.[1] Its similarities to Matthevia were outlined by Vendrasco & Runnegar.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Stinchcomb, B. L.; Darrough, G. (1995). "Some Molluscan Problematica from the Upper Cambrian. Lower Ordovician of the Ozark Uplift". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (1): 52–65. doi:10.1017/S0022336000026913. JSTOR 1306279.
- ^ Vendrasco, Michael J.; Runnegar, Bruce (2004). "Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician Stem Group Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Utah and Missouri". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (4): 675. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0675:LCAEOS>2.0.CO;2.