Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Chonetes foshagi
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80
Belongs to Neochonetes (Neochonetes) according to D. P. Heredia-Jiménez et al. 2019
See also Cooper 1953
Sister taxa: Neochonetes (Neochonetes) carboniferus, Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa, Neochonetes (Neochonetes) costellata, Neochonetes (Neochonetes) liaoi
Type specimen: USNM 115506. Its type locality is USNM806i, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine shale in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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