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Devonochonetes
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Chonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Devonochonetes MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 43
Type Species:
Chonetes coronatus Hall, 1857, p. 146, OD, nom. nov. pro Strophomena carinata Conrad, 1842, p. 257, non CONRAD, 1839, p. 64
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Fig. 259, 1a-e. *D. coronatus (HAll), Hamilton Group, Kashong Shales, New York, $a-c$, ventral valve, ventral, lateral, anterior views, $d, e$, dorsal valve exterior, interior, X2.5 (Muir-Wood, 1962).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Eifelian)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Shell small to medium, transverse, moderately concavoconvex, shell surface capillate to costellate, spines orthomorph oblique, low angled, dorsal valve interior with long median septum supporting the long, elevated cardinal process, anderidia weakly anteriorly divergent.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Chonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Devonochonetes MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 43
Type Species:
Chonetes coronatus Hall, 1857, p. 146, OD, nom. nov. pro Strophomena carinata Conrad, 1842, p. 257, non CONRAD, 1839, p. 64
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 259, 1a-e. *D. coronatus (HAll), Hamilton Group, Kashong Shales, New York, $a-c$, ventral valve, ventral, lateral, anterior views, $d, e$, dorsal valve exterior, interior, X2.5 (Muir-Wood, 1962).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Eifelian)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Shell small to medium, transverse, moderately concavoconvex, shell surface capillate to costellate, spines orthomorph oblique, low angled, dorsal valve interior with long median septum supporting the long, elevated cardinal process, anderidia weakly anteriorly divergent.