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Extinct genus of brachiopods
Chonetes
Chonetes gracilis internal mould
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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
Further reading
Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83)