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Chonetes
Extinct genus of brachiopods
Chonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic.
01Species
The following species of Chonetes have been described:
- C. baragwanathi
- C. billingsi (Floresta Formation, Colombia)
- C. burlingtonensis
- C. chamishkjensis
- C. chaoi
- C. cherokeensis
- C. chesterensis
- C. compressa
- C. comstockii (Floresta Fm.)
- 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)
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- Chonetes gracilis internal mould inmatrix frontal.jpg by Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 3.0
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