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Chonetinella spinolirata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes spinoliratus was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 91a, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Chonetinella spinolirata by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Chonetes spinoliratus King p. 63 figs. Pl 9, figs 5,16
1975Chonetinella spinolirata Cooper and Grant p. 1278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyRugosochonetinae
genusChonetinellaRamsbottom 1952
speciesspinolirata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Asselian or 303.70000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Chonetes spinoliratus (150568)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Chonetes spinoliratus (type locality: 108401 149856)