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''Chonetes'' is an
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brachiopod Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...
s. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the
Middle Jurassic The Middle Jurassic is the second Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period (geology), Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 161.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relativel ...
.Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database
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Species

The following species of ''Chonetes'' have been described: * ''C. (Paeckelmannia)'' * ''C. baragwanathi'' * ''C. billingsi'' ( Floresta Formation, Colombia)Floresta Fauna
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* ''C. burlingtonensis'' * ''C. chamishkjensis'' * ''C. chaoi'' * ''C. cherokeensis'' * ''C. chesterensis'' * ''C. compressa'' * ''C. comstockii'' (Floresta Fm.) * ''C. concentrica'' * ''C. concentricus'' * ''C. deliciasensis'' * ''C. flemingi'' * ''C. foedus'' * ''C. foshagi'' * ''C. geniculata'' * ''C. glabra'' * ''C. glenparkensis'' * ''C. gregarius'' * ''C. illinoisensis'' * ''C. logani'' * ''C. mesoloba'' * ''C. missouriensis'' * ''C. moelleri'' * ''C. monosensis'' * ''C. multicosta'' * ''C. obtusa'' * ''C. oklahomensis'' * ''C. ornata'' * ''C. pinegensis'' * ''C. planumbona'' * ''C. posturalicus'' * ''C. pygmoideus'' * ''C. rarispina'' * ''C. semiovalis'' * ''C. shumardiana'' * ''C. sichuanensis'' * ''C. sinuatus'' * ''C. squama'' * ''C. stubeli'' (Floresta Fm.) * ''C. suavis'' * ''C. timanica'' * ''C. variolaris'' ; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Chonetes elegans'' L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for ''Chonetes speciosus'' - abundant in the shales associated with the main limestone near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. * ''Chonetes elegans'' L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for '' Plicochonetes elegans'' (L.G. de Koninck, 1847)Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220


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Further reading

* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83) Strophomenida Prehistoric brachiopod genera Paleozoic brachiopods Paleozoic animals of North America Paleozoic brachiopods of South America Devonian Colombia Fossils of Colombia Late Ordovician first appearances Middle Jurassic extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1830 Jeffersonville Limestone Paleozoic life of Ontario Paleozoic life of Alberta Paleozoic life of British Columbia Floresta Formation Paleozoic life of Manitoba Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Paleozoic life of Nunavut Paleozoic life of Quebec Paleozoic life of Yukon {{brachiopod-stub