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Chonetes

Extinct genus of brachiopods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]
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