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(Redirected from Robustum) Extinct species of mollusc

Robustum nodum
Temporal range: Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: †Paleoloricata
Family: †Mattheviidae
Genus: †Robustum
Species: †R. nodum
Binomial name
†Robustum nodum
Stinchcomb and Darrough, 1995

Robustum nodum is the one species of a problematic genus of Ordovician hemithecellid mollusc proposed by Stinchcomb and Darrough in 1995. Its similarities to Matthevia were outlined by Vendrasco & Runnegar.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Robustum nodum


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