Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Parent taxon: Chonetidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Dagnachonetinae, Devonochonetinae, Notiochonetinae, Retichonetinae
Subtaxa: Boicinetes Chonetes Plebejochonetes
Type: Chonetes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Triassic of China (1)
• Permian of Australia (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (9), India (1), Iran (3), Mexico (9), Pakistan (13), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (56: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (4), Belize (2), Canada (8: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (1), India (3), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (64), United States (218: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Antarctica (1), Australia (16), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (4), Canada (23: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (21), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (8), Germany (30), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Luxembourg (1), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (4), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (146: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Vietnam (7)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Bolivia (1), China (3), India (2), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (39: Maryland, New York, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of Venezuela (1)
Total: 776 collections including 918 occurrences