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Fusichonetes soochowensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy

Chonetes soochowensis was named by Chao (1928).

It was recombined as Waagenites soochowensis by Yang et al. (1977), Feng and Jiang (1978), Liao (1980), Wang et al. (1982), Liao (1984), Zeng et al. (1995), Shi and Shen (1998) and Niu et al. (2003); it was recombined as Tethyochonetes soochowensis by Chen et al. (2000), Shen and Archbold (2002), Chen (2006), Zhang et al. (2013), He and Shi (2014) and Shen et al. (2017); it was recombined as Fusichonetes soochowensis by Wu et al. (2017), Wu et al. (2018), He et al. (2019) and Wu et al. (2022).

Synonyms

Tethyochonetes chaoi was named by Chen et al. (2000). Its type specimen is NIGP 22489 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenxing Town, Longtan Fm, Beipei County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fusichonetes soochowensis by He et al. (2019); it was recombined as Fusichonetes chaoi by Wu et al. (2017) and Wu et al. (2019).
Waagenites guizhouensis was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43523 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 22 (QZ-4), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian coastal siltstone in China.

It was recombined as Tethyochonetes guizhouensis by Tazawa (2009) and Shen et al. (2017); it was recombined as Fusichonetes guizhouensis by Wu et al. (2017); it was synonymized subjectively with Fusichonetes soochowensis by He et al. (2019).
Tethyochonetes liaoi was named by Chen et al. (2000). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 7 (AJ-17-12), Anshun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siltstone/sandstone in China.

It was recombined as Fusichonetes liaoi by Wu et al. (2017); it was synonymized subjectively with Fusichonetes soochowensis by He et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Chonetes soochowensis Chao
1932	Chonetes soochowensis Huang p. 5 figs. Pl 1, figs 8,9
1977	Waagenites soochowensis Yang et al. p. 332 figs. Pl 135, fig 22
1978	Waagenites soochowensis Feng and Jiang p. 243 figs. Pl 88, fig 4
1980	Waagenites guizhouensis Liao
1980	Waagenites soochowensis Liao figs. Pl 5, fig 4
1980	Waagenites guizhouensis Liao p. 258 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-7
1982	Waagenites soochowensis Wang et al. p. 197 figs. Pl 91, figs 3,4; pl 95, figs 7,8
1984	Waagenites soochowensis Liao figs. Pl 1, fig 10
1989	Waagenites guizhouensis Zhan figs. Pl 25, fig 5
1995	Waagenites soochowensis Zeng et al. figs. Pl 3, figs 13, 14
1998	Waagenites soochowensis Shi and Shen p. 509 fig. 4.6
2000	Tethyochonetes soochowensis Chen et al. p. 4
2000	Tethyochonetes chaoi Chen et al. p. 11 fig. 4J,K
2000	Tethyochonetes liaoi Chen et al. p. 11 figs. 4E,H-I
2002	Tethyochonetes soochowensis Shen and Archbold p. 338 figs. 5O-R
2003	Waagenites soochowensis Niu et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 10
2006	Tethyochonetes soochowensis Chen p. 309 figs. 5a-c,i
2006	Tethyochonetes chaoi Chen p. 311 fig. 5g,h
2009	Tethyochonetes guizhouensis Tazawa p. 70 fig. 4.2a,4.2b
2013	Tethyochonetes chaoi Zhang et al. p. 227 fig. 5A
2013	Tethyochonetes soochowensis Zhang et al. p. 232 figs. 5O-P
2014	Tethyochonetes chaoi He and Shi p. 915 figs. 4P-W
2014	Tethyochonetes soochowensis He and Shi p. 918 figs. 4X-E'
2017	Tethyochonetes chaoi Shen et al. p. 685
2017	Tethyochonetes guizhouensis Shen et al. p. 685
2017	Tethyochonetes liaoi Shen et al. p. 685
2017	Tethyochonetes soochowensis Shen et al. p. 685
2017	Fusichonetes chaoi Wu et al.
2017	Fusichonetes guizhouensis Wu et al.
2017	Fusichonetes liaoi Wu et al.
2017	Fusichonetes soochowensis Wu et al.
2018	Fusichonetes soochowensis Wu et al. p. 348 figs. 6N-P
2019	Fusichonetes soochowensis He et al. p. 124 fig. 9.31
2019	Fusichonetes chaoi Wu et al. p. 614 figs. 4E-I
2022	Fusichonetes soochowensis Wu et al. p. 116 figs. 6.2-6.9, 6.26, 6.27

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Chonetoidea
family	Rugosochonetidae
subfamily	Rugosochonetinae
genus	Fusichonetes
species	soochowensis	(Chao 1928)

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.

†Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928

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Invalid names: Tethyochonetes chaoi Chen et al. 2000 [synonym], Tethyochonetes liaoi Chen et al. 2000 [synonym], Waagenites guizhouensis Liao 1980 [synonym]

Diagnosis

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