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''Chonetes'' is an extinct
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at Fossilworks.org * ''C. burlingtonensis'' * ''C. chamishkjensis'' * ''C. chaoi'' * ''C. cherokeensis'' * ''C. chesterensis'' * ''C. compressa'' * ''C. comstockii'' (Floresta Fm.) * ''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.) * ''C. suavis'' * ''C. timanica'' * ''C. variolaris'' ; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Chonetes elegans'' L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for ''Chonetes speciosus'' - abundant in the shales associated with the main limestone near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. * ''Chonetes elegans'' L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for '' Plicochonetes elegans'' (L.G. de Koninck, 1847)Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220
''Chonetes'' is an extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of brachiopod
Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, w ...
s. It ranged from the Late Ordovician
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to the Middle Jurassic.Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database/ref>
Species
The following species of ''Chonetes'' have been described: * ''C. (Paeckelmannia)'' * ''C. baragwanathi'' * ''C. billingsi'' (Floresta Formation
The Floresta Formation ( es, Formación Floresta, Df) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The sequence of siltstones, shales, coquinas and sandstone beds dates to the Devonia ...
, Colombia)Floresta Faunaat Fossilworks.org * ''C. burlingtonensis'' * ''C. chamishkjensis'' * ''C. chaoi'' * ''C. cherokeensis'' * ''C. chesterensis'' * ''C. compressa'' * ''C. comstockii'' (Floresta Fm.) * ''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.) * ''C. suavis'' * ''C. timanica'' * ''C. variolaris'' ; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Chonetes elegans'' L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for ''Chonetes speciosus'' - abundant in the shales associated with the main limestone near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. * ''Chonetes elegans'' L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for '' Plicochonetes elegans'' (L.G. de Koninck, 1847)Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220
References
Further reading
* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83) Strophomenida Prehistoric brachiopod genera Paleozoic brachiopods Paleozoic animals of North America Paleozoic brachiopods of South America Devonian Colombia Fossils of Colombia Late Ordovician first appearances Middle Jurassic extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1830 Jeffersonville Limestone Paleozoic life of Ontario Paleozoic life of Alberta Paleozoic life of British Columbia Floresta Formation Paleozoic life of Manitoba Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Paleozoic life of Nunavut Paleozoic life of Quebec Paleozoic life of Yukon {{brachiopod-stub