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Chonetes
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Chonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Chonetes consanguineus GIRTY, 1929, p. 409, OD
Type Species:
Chonetes consanguineus GIRTY, 1929, p. 409, OD
Images
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Fig. 272, 1a-c. *D. (D.) consanguineus (Girty), Bone Spring and Skinner Ranch Formations, Asselian, Texas, $a$, articulated shell, dorsal side, $X_{2}, b$, ventral valve interior, $X_{2}, c$, dorsal valve interior, x4$ (Cooper & Grant, 1975).
Synonyms
Stauromata
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Pragian)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Wide-hinged smooth shells with sulcus varying from deep to barely visible, ventral valve interior, visceral region usually strongly fringed by spines on anterolateral side, Strong angular ears, deep ventral sulcus
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Chonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Chonetes consanguineus GIRTY, 1929, p. 409, OD
Type Species:
Chonetes consanguineus GIRTY, 1929, p. 409, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 272, 1a-c. *D. (D.) consanguineus (Girty), Bone Spring and Skinner Ranch Formations, Asselian, Texas, $a$, articulated shell, dorsal side, $X_{2}, b$, ventral valve interior, $X_{2}, c$, dorsal valve interior, x4$ (Cooper & Grant, 1975).
Synonyms
Stauromata
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Pragian)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Wide-hinged smooth shells with sulcus varying from deep to barely visible, ventral valve interior, visceral region usually strongly fringed by spines on anterolateral side, Strong angular ears, deep ventral sulcus