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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