Chonetes Fischer de Waldheim 1830 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae

Full reference: G. Fischer de Waldheim. 1830. Oryctographie du Gouvernement de Moscow 1-202

Parent taxon: Chonetinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Talent 1963

Sister taxa: Boicinetes, Plebejochonetes

Subtaxa: Chonetes baragwanathi Chonetes chamishkjensis Chonetes chaoi Chonetes cherokeensis Chonetes chesterensis Chonetes compressa Chonetes concentricus Chonetes deflecta Chonetes deliciasensis Chonetes dereimsii Chonetes flemingi Chonetes foedus Chonetes glabra Chonetes glenparkensis Chonetes gregarius Chonetes illinoisensis Chonetes laevis Chonetes logani Chonetes mesoloba Chonetes missouriensis Chonetes moelleri Chonetes monosensis Chonetes multicosta Chonetes obtusa Chonetes oklahomensis Chonetes pinegensis Chonetes planumbona Chonetes platynota Chonetes posturalicus Chonetes pygmoideus Chonetes rarispina Chonetes semiovalis Chonetes shumardiana Chonetes sichuanensis Chonetes sinuatus Chonetes squama Chonetes suavis Chonetes timanica Chonetes variolaris

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Triassic of China (1)

• Leonard of United States (4: Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)

• 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 (52: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Desmoinesian of United States (96: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)

• Atokan of United States (1: Missouri)

• Pennsylvanian of Belize (2), United States (3: Alaska, California)

• Chesterian of United States (9: Arkansas, Montana, Virginia)

• Osagean of United States (5: Indiana, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (4), 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 (91: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, montana)

• Mississippian of United States (14: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Indiana, Utah)

• 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), Bolivia (4), Canada (23: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (21), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (4), Germany (27), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Luxembourg (1), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (4), Spain (2), 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: 766 collections including 905 occurrences

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