Neochonetes pegnonensis Cisterna and Simanauskas 2000 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: G. A. Cisterna and T. Simanauskas. 2000. Brachiopods from the Rio del Penon Formation, Rio Blanco Basin, Upper Palaeozoic of Argentina. Revista Española de Paleontologia 15(2):129-151

Belongs to Neochonetes according to G. A. Cisterna and T. Simanauskas 2000

Sister taxa: Neochonetes (Huangichonetes), Neochonetes (Neochonetes), Neochonetes (Nongtaia), Neochonetes (Sommeriella), Neochonetes (Zechiella), Neochonetes (Zhongyingia), Neochonetes acanthophorus, Neochonetes armenicus, Neochonetes atlassovi, Neochonetes baituensis, Neochonetes beatusi, Neochonetes brama, Neochonetes chaoi, Neochonetes dominus, Neochonetes dukhovae, Neochonetes gabata, Neochonetes granulifer, Neochonetes guiyangensis, Neochonetes liratus, Neochonetes matsushitai, Neochonetes mirabilis, Neochonetes nantanensis, Neochonetes parvus, Neochonetes permicus, Neochonetes puanensis, Neochonetes puebloensis, Neochonetes schlagintweiti, Neochonetes variolata, Fanichonetes minusculus

Type specimen: IPI 2959. Its type locality is Quebrada Rincón Blanco, Río del Peñón, horizon 11, which is in a Moscovian marine siltstone in the Río del Peñón Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Rincón Blanco, Río del Peñón, horizon 11

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