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Chonetes
Taxonomy
Chonetes was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l C Tour-l Sepkoski's reference number: 25]. It is the type genus of Chonetidae, Chonetinae.
It was assigned to Chonetidae by Talent (1963); to Chonetinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Chonetidae by Talent (1963); to Chonetinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
C. baragwanathi, C. chamishkjensis, C. chaoi, C. cherokeensis, C. chesterensis, C. compressa, C. concentricus, C. deflecta (syn. C. gibbosa), C. deliciasensis, C. dereimsii, C. flemingi, C. foedus, C. glabra, C. glenparkensis, C. gregarius, C. illinoisensis, C. laevis, C. logani, C. mesoloba, C. missouriensis, C. moelleri, C. monosensis, C. multicosta, C. obtusa, C. oklahomensis, C. pinegensis, C. planumbona, C. platynota, C. posturalicus, C. pygmoideus, C. rarispina, C. semiovalis, C. shumardiana, C. sichuanensis, C. sinuatus, C. squama, C. suavis, C. timanica, C. variolaris
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. aurora, C. billingsi, C. bretzii, C. buchanensis, C. cangonensis, C. capax, C. careyi, C. comoides, C. dalmanianus, C. embryo, C. falklandicus, C. gloucesterensis, C. hardrensis, C. hemisphericus, C. indosinensis, C. kashmiriensis, C. kingi, C. laguessiana, C. lauriata, C. longispine, C. macrostriatus, C. magnini, C. manitobensis, C. minimus, C. minuta, C. mosensis, C. mucronatus, C. ornatus, C. papilionacea, C. rectispina, C. sauntonensis, C. stoddarti, C. striatella, C. stubeli, C. timanicus, C. vanigibbosus, C. verneuile, C. verneuilianus, C. zimmermanni
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1830 | Chonetes Fischer de Waldheim |
| 1963 | Chonetes Talent p. 67 |
| 2000 | Chonetes Williams et al. p. 394 |
| 2002 | Chonetes Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Chonetes Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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†Chonetes baragwanathi Gill 1949
†Chonetes chamishkjensis Licharew 1937
†Chonetes chaoi Licharew 1937
†Chonetes cherokeensis Snider 1915
†Chonetes chesterensis Weller 1914
†Chonetes compressa Waagen 1884
†Chonetes concentricus Davidson 1863
†Chonetes deliciasensis King 1931
†Chonetes dereimsii Douglas 1936
†Chonetes flemingi Norwood and Pratten 1855
†Chonetes foedus Talent 1963
†Chonetes glabra Geinitz 1866
†Chonetes glenparkensis Weller 1906
†Chonetes gregarius Weller 1901
†Chonetes illinoisensis Worthen 1860
†Chonetes laevis Keyes 1888
†Chonetes logani Norwood and Pratten 1855
†Chonetes mesoloba Norwood and Pratten 1855
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†Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus Girty 1912
†Mesolobus mesolobus lioderma Dunbar and Condra 1932
†Chonetes missouriensis Weller 1914
†Chonetes moelleri Tschernyschew 1902
†Chonetes monosensis Cooper 1953
†Chonetes multicosta Winchell 1863
†Chonetes obtusa Schellwien 1892
†Chonetes oklahomensis Snider 1915
†Chonetes pinegensis Kulikov 2000
†Chonetes planumbona Meek and Worthen 1860
†Chonetes platynota White 1874
†Chonetes posturalicus Ustritsky 1963
†Chonetes pygmoideus Cooper 1957
†Chonetes rarispina Schellwien 1892
†Chonetes semiovalis Waagen 1884
†Chonetes shumardiana De Koninck 1847
†Chonetes sichuanensis Zeng et al. 1995
†Chonetes sinuatus Krotow 1885
†Chonetes squama Waagen 1884
†Chonetes suavis Talent 1963
†Chonetes timanica Tschernyschew 1902
†Chonetes variolaris Keyserling 1846
†Mesolobus mesolobus decipiens Girty 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 8 | 3.63 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 4.70 | 1.73 |
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Early/Lower Jurassic or 458.40000 to 174.70000 Ma
Collections (766 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costonian - Longvillian | Venezuela (Merida Andes) | C. sp. (8858) | |
| Silurian | Australia (Victoria) | C. cresswelli (10187 10192) | |
| Silurian | USA (New York) | C. sp. (531) | |
| Llandovery | USA (New York) | C. cornutus (77051 77052 77054 77081) C. sp. (450 452 458 459 462 463) | |
| Llandovery | Bolivia | C. sp. (25084) | |
| Llandovery - Wenlock | China (Xinjiang) | C. sp. (27816) | |
| Llandovery - Ludlow | USA (Maryland) | C. novascoticus (41015 41016 41102) C. sp. (41012) | |
| Telychian | Australia (Victoria) | C. infantilis (8028) | |
| Telychian | USA (Virginia) | C. novascoticus (41080) C. sp. (527) | |
| Telychian | USA (West Virginia) | C. novascoticus (40730) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (11228) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Australia (Northern Territory) | C. sp. (132001 132006) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (11223) | |
| Lopingian | USA (Montana) | C. sp. (11273) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | C. semiovalis (126740 126751) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | C. sp. (149276) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Sichuan) | C. sp. (149088) | |
| Changhsingian | Russian Federation | C. chaoi (127860) C. sp. 1 (127859) C. sp. 2 aff. chaoi, C. chamishkjensis (127858) C. sp. 2 aff. chaoi, C. flemingi (112569) | |
| Griesbachian | China (Guizhou) | C. sp. (111978) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | USA (Alaska) | C. sp. (112256) | |