Chonetes
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| Chonetes gracilis internal mould | |
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| Genus: | Chonetes Fischer de Waldheim 1830 |
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Chonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Species
[edit]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
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- ^ a b Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c Floresta Fauna at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Chonetes speciosus nom. nov. F. Wolverson Cope, 1938 at Cambridge Journal
- ^ L.B. Smyth, Geological Magazine, Volume LIX, 1922
- ^ Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220
Further reading
[edit]- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83)
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