Biology:Chonetes

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods


Chonetes
Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Mid Jurassic
~460–175 Ma
Chonetes gracilis internal mould inmatrix frontal.jpg
Chonetes gracilis internal mould
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Chonetes

Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Species

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Chonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic.[1]

Species

The following species of Chonetes have been described:[1]

  • C. (Paeckelmannia)
  • C. baragwanathi
  • C. billingsi (Floresta Formation, Colombia)[2]
  • C. burlingtonensis
  • C. chamishkjensis
  • C. chaoi
  • C. cherokeensis
  • C. chesterensis
  • C. compressa
  • C. comstockii (Floresta Fm.)[2]
  • C. concentrica
  • C. concentricus
  • C. deliciasensis
  • C. flemingi
  • C. foedus
  • C. foshagi
  • C. geniculata
  • C. glabra
  • C. glenparkensis
  • C. gregarius
  • C. illinoisensis
  • C. logani
  • C. mesoloba
  • C. missouriensis
  • C. moelleri
  • C. monosensis
  • C. multicosta
  • C. obtusa
  • C. oklahomensis
  • C. ornata
  • C. pinegensis
  • C. planumbona
  • C. posturalicus
  • C. pygmoideus
  • C. rarispina
  • C. semiovalis
  • C. shumardiana
  • C. sichuanensis
  • C. sinuatus
  • C. squama
  • C. stubeli (Floresta Fm.)[2]
  • C. suavis
  • C. timanica
  • C. variolaris


Names brought to synonymy
  • Chonetes elegans L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for Chonetes speciosus[3] - abundant in the shales associated with the main limestone near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.[4]
  • Chonetes elegans L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for Plicochonetes elegans (L.G. de Koninck, 1847)[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Floresta Fauna at Fossilworks.org
  3. Chonetes speciosus nom. nov. F. Wolverson Cope, 1938 at Cambridge Journal
  4. L.B. Smyth, Geological Magazine, Volume LIX, 1922
  5. Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83)

Wikidata ☰ Q26160 entry