Protochonetes

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Protochenetes
Temporal range: Silurian-Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Suborder:
Chonetedina
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Strophonochetidae
Subfamily:
Strophonochetinae
Genus:
Protochonetes

Muir-Wood, 1962 [1]
species
  • P. ludloviensisMuir-Wood, 1962 (type)
  • P. harricanensisJin et al., 1993
  • P. elyensisSheehan, 1982
  • P. striatellus(Dalman, 1828)
  • P. piltenensisRybnikova, 1967
  • P. minimus(Sowerby, 1839)
  • P. novoscotius
  • P. ceratoides
  • P. latus

Protochonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. Its shell was lined with spines.

Related Research Articles

The Llallagua Formation is a Rhuddanian to Homerian geologic formation of western Bolivia. The formation comprises siliciclastic sediments. The fossil fauna suggests a warm water, nearshore current was active allowing northern hemisphere benthos to exist in the formation.

References

  1. ↑ "Fossilworks: Protochonetes".


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