Meaning of multiplacophoran | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the order †Multiplacophora of stem-chitons that lived during the Lower Cambrian to the Permian, which have a number of plates arranged in 7 rows along the body.

Examples

“Vendrasco et al. (2004) regarded the skeleton of E. dufoei as intermediate in form between the skeletons of multiplacophorans and typical chitons.”

“The recent discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved specimen of another multiplacophoran, Polysacos vickersianum, from the Carboniferous of Indiana (United States), enabled a more accurate reconstruction of the body plan of this group (Vendrasco et al. 2004).”

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