Chonetes

Chonetes Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Mid Jurassic ~460–175 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chonetes gracilis internal mould
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Strophomenata
Order:	Strophomenida
Genus:	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. Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database
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)