Notes on fossil chitons. 2. Polyplacophora from the Middle Miocene of Lapugiu (Romania)

This paper report six chiton species from Lower Badenian deposits of L?pugiu de Sus (Hunedoara, Valea Cosului, Romania). The taxa are: Lepidopleurus (L.) cajetanus (Poli, 1791), Ischnochiton (I.) rissoi (Payraudeau, 1826), Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797, Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826), Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767), and Cryptoplax weinlandi Sulc, 1934. A table is given of all the fossil Polyplacophora reported from the literature in Romania Badenian deposits (L?pugiu, Beius, Islaz, Costei, Buituri, and Basesti). Ischnochiton rissoi has not been reported before from the Badenian of Romania