Makarenkoplax gen. nov. and Makarenkoplacidae fam. nov. (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Chitonida) from the Palaeogene of the Ukraine

B. Sirenko and B. Dell'Angelo

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2015, 319(4): 528–535 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.4.528

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Abstract

A new family Makarenkoplacidae and a new genus Makarenkoplax gen. nov. of Polyplacophora are described from the Lower Palaeocene and the Upper Eocene of the Ukraine. The main characters of the family and genus are: depressions between the jugal and pleurolateral areas; anterior margin of pleurolateral areas strongly reduced and anterior part of jugal area projected; insertion plates strongly pectinated; tegmentum equally sculptured with small quincuncially arranged granules.

Key words

Makarenkoplax, new family and genus, Paleogene chitons, Ukraine

Submitted September 15, 2014 · Accepted October 22, 2015 · Published December 25, 2015

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