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Devonochonetes scitulus

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes scitula was named by Hall (1857).

It was corrected as Chonetes scitulus by Prosser and Kindle (1913); it was recombined as Devonochonetes scitulus by Kesling and Chilman (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Chonetes scitula Hall p. 147
1867Chonetes scitula Hall pp. 130 - 131 figs. pl. 21 f. 4
1913Chonetes scitulus Prosser and Kindle pp. 150 - 152 figs. Plate XII, Figs. 1-8
1975Devonochonetes scitulus Kesling and Chilman p. 104 figs. pl. 96 f. 1-8; pl. 101 f. 1-4

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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
familyChonetidaeBronn 1862
subfamilyDevonochonetinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusDevonochonetes
speciesscitulus(Hall 1857)

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Frasnian or 387.95000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (323 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Devonochonetes scitulus (91091 91215 91216 91225 91226 91227 91228 91229 91230 91231 91232 91233 91235 91236 91237 91239 91240 91241 91244 91246 91247 91248 91249 91250 91268 91269 91278 91279 91280 91281)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Chonetes scitulus (76564 76565) Devonochonetes scitulus (38459 38460 38461 38462 38463 38466)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Chonetes scitulus (10459) Devonochonetes scitulus (5619 5620 5657 5661 5664 5665 5666 5667 5668 5669 5670 8755 8756 8757 8758 8759 8760 8764 8765 8766 8767 8789 8792 8794 8796 8797 8799 8980 8981 8994 9007 9356 9357 9359 9363 9364 9500 9501 9502 9503 9504 9505 9506 9507 9508 9509 9510 9511 9512 10107 10108 10109 10119 86239 86240 86241 86242 86243 86244 86245 86246 86247 86248 86250 86253 86255 86263 86264 86267 86268 86319 86336 86339 86385 86635 86636 86638 86640 86643 86647 86649 86650 86653 86657 89648 89651 89653 89655 89657 89658 89659 89661 89664 89667 89668 89670 89673 89674 89684 89689 89690 89692 89694 89695 89696 89697 89698 89699 89702 89704 89705 89707 89708 89710 89711 89713 89714 89715 89722 89725 89728 89729 89730 89731 89732 89733 89734 89735 89737 89738 89739 89740 89741 89742 89743 89744 89747 89749 89750 89751 89752 89753 89754 89755 89757 89760 89765 89766 89767 89768 89769 89771 89772 89775 89777 89778 89779 89780 89781 89782 89783 89787 89801 89802 89804 89805 89808 89810 89812 89813 89883 89886 89887 89893 89895 89896 89897 89901 89921 89922 89923 89927 89939 89940 89963 89985 90841 90842 90843 90848 90850 90854 90855 90856 94410 94411 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213 96338 96339 96341 96342 96345 96346 96347 96356 96357 96358 96360 96361 96363 96364 96365 96366 96367 96371 96373 96375 96376 96378 96382 96385 96386 96387 96388 96389 111332 111343 111345 111417 111419 111420 111424 111425 111612 111615 111623 111625 111627 111631 111638 111640 111828 111829 111830 111831 111835 111836 111837 111840)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Devonochonetes scitulus (9661 9895 9896 9898 9899 9901 9903 9907 9908 9912 9922 9925)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Devonochonetes scitulus (55606 55670 55717 55761 65999 66000 66001 66003 66054 66055 66056)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Devonochonetes scitulus (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) Devonochonetes scitulus (40041)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (West Virginia) Devonochonetes scitulus (96330 96331)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Virginia) Chonetes scitulus (6994 7039 7040)