Mattheva

Mattheva
Mattheva
Temporal range: Cambrian
Plates of Matthevia. Coin: 19 mm diameter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Mattheva / Polyplacophora

Mattheva is a class of fossil mollusc,[1] which might be better incorporated in a different class.[2] It was erected to accommodate chiton-like organisms such as Matthevia.[2] Phosphatic fossils have been questionably included in this class even though molluscs do not use phosphate.[3]

References

  1. ^ Yochelson, E.L (1966). Mattheva, a proposed new class of mollusks. 
  2. ^ a b Runnegar, B.; Pojeta J, J. (Oct 1974). "Molluscan Phylogeny: the Paleontological Viewpoint". Science 186 (4161): 311–317. Bibcode 1974Sci...186..311R. doi:10.1126/science.186.4161.311. JSTOR 1739764. PMID 17839855.  edit
  3. ^ Yochelson, E. L. (1975). "Discussion of early Cambrian "molluscs"". Journal of the Geological Society 131 (6): 661–662. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.131.6.0661. http://jgs.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/131/6/661.pdf.  edit
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