First Paleocene Lepidozona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Chitonida) from Ukraine

B.I. Sirenko

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2021, 325(4): 379–383 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2021.325.4.379

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Abstract

A new species Lepidozona luzanovkensis sp. nov. from Paleocene deposits of Ukraine is described. This find is much earlier than the known finds from the late Eocene or Early Oligocene, which increases the age of the genus Lepidozona Pilsbry, 1892 by several million years.

Key words

Cenozoic, Ischnochitonidae, new species, Paleocene chitons

Submitted August 20, 2021 · Accepted October 10, 2021 · Published December 25, 2021

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