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Neochonetes
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
N. (Neochonetes) MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 87
Type Species:
Chonetes dominus KING, 1938, p. 259, OD
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Fig. 265, 2a-d. *N. (N.) dominus (Kıng), Pennsylvanian, Texas, $a, b$, articulated shell, ventral, dorsal views, $c$, ventral valve interior, $d$, dorsal valve interior, $\\times$ (King, 1938).
Synonyms
Quadranetes
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small to large sized, almost plano- to moderately concavoconvex rugosochonetids with finely capillate external ornament, feebly to distinctly developed sulcus; low to moderately angled spines; ventral valve interior with prominent myophragm; vascular trunks parallel, deeply impressed; dorsal interior with cardinal process pit, anderidia, median septum, brachial ridges; inner socket ridges well developed; outer socket ridges may be present.
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
N. (Neochonetes) MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 87
Type Species:
Chonetes dominus KING, 1938, p. 259, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 265, 2a-d. *N. (N.) dominus (Kıng), Pennsylvanian, Texas, $a, b$, articulated shell, ventral, dorsal views, $c$, ventral valve interior, $d$, dorsal valve interior, $\\times$ (King, 1938).
Synonyms
Quadranetes
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small to large sized, almost plano- to moderately concavoconvex rugosochonetids with finely capillate external ornament, feebly to distinctly developed sulcus; low to moderately angled spines; ventral valve interior with prominent myophragm; vascular trunks parallel, deeply impressed; dorsal interior with cardinal process pit, anderidia, median septum, brachial ridges; inner socket ridges well developed; outer socket ridges may be present.