Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative spelling: Chonetes (Plicochonetes)
Parent taxon: Plicochonetini according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Plicochonetes geniculatus Plicochonetes jilinensis Plicochonetes ornatus Plicochonetes paeckelmanni Plicochonetes weiningensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (6), Canada (2: Alberta), Ireland (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (30: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Germany (10)
Total: 76 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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