Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combinations: Chonetes trapezoidalis, Quadrochonetes trapezoidalis
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728
Belongs to Waagenites according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980
See also Kalashnikov 1993, Tschernyschew 1902 and Waagen 1884
Sister taxa: Waagenites aequicosta, Waagenites artemovkensis, Waagenites asinuata, Waagenites auriferus, Waagenites barusiensis, Waagenites deplanata, Waagenites dichotoma, Waagenites elegans, Waagenites grandicosta, Waagenites irregularis, Waagenites mediplicata, Waagenites squamulifera, Waagenites stani, Waagenites sureshanensis, Waagenites tumenlingensis, Waagenites wynnei, Waagenites yunnanensis, Chonetes (Dienerella) robinsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Morah, yellowish sandstone, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll), which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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