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Neochonetes variolata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Leptaena variolata was named by d'Orbigny (1842). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yaurichambi (d'Orbigny coll), which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia.

It was recombined as Chonetes variolata by Tschernyschew (1902), Mansuy (1913), Kozlowski (1914) and Lee and Gu (1980); it was recombined as Chonetes variolatae by Diener (1915); it was recombined as Chonetes variolatus by Ustritsky (1960) and Ustritsky and Chernyak (1963); it was recombined as Neochonetes variolatus by Fantini Sestini (1965); it was recombined as Neochonetes variolata by Termier et al. (1974) and Kalashnikov (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Leptaena variolata d'Orbigny p. 49 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,11
1902Chonetes variolata Tschernyschew p. 234 figs. Pl 27, figs 9-11
1913Chonetes variolata Mansuy p. 49 figs. Pl 4, fig 12
1914Chonetes variolata Kozlowski p. 55
1915Chonetes variolatae Diener p. 84 figs. Pl 9, fig 4
1960Chonetes variolatus Ustritsky p. 110 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
1963Chonetes variolatus Ustritsky and Chernyak p. 71 figs. Pl 2, fig 9
1965Neochonetes variolatus Fantini Sestini p. 192 figs. Pl 23, figs 4,5
1974Neochonetes variolata Termier et al. p. 95 figs. Pl 11, fig 9
1980Chonetes variolata Lee and Gu p. 339 figs. Pl 163, figs 22,23
1993Neochonetes variolata Kalashnikov p. 33 figs. Pl 12, figs 3-8

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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
subfamilyPlicochonetinaeSokolskaja 1960
tribeRugariini
genusNeochonetesMuir-Wood 1962
speciesvariolata()

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.

Neochonetes variolata d'Orbigny 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.40

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 Virgilian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Chonetes variolatus (71993)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Xizang) Chonetes variolata (110086)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Bolivia Leptaena variolata (133181) Neochonetes variolata (128629 128650 128651 128652 128653 128654 128657 128658 128659 128661 128663 128668)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Chonetes variolata (233571)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Russian Federation Neochonetes variolata (110051 110064)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia Neochonetes variolata (128669 128670)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Afghanistan Neochonetes variolata (119245)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Chonetes variolatus (95804) Neochonetes variolata (110108)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Chonetes variolata (211891 211892)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) Chonetes variolatus (126223)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28China (Xinjiang) Neochonetes variolatus (123275)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Neochonetes variolata (111176)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17India Chonetes variolatae (230707)