Chonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic.

Species

The following species of Chonetes have been described:

• C. baragwanathi

• C. billingsi (Floresta Formation, Colombia)

• C. burlingtonensis

• C. chamishkjensis

• C. chaoi

• C. cherokeensis

• C. chesterensis

• C. compressa

• C. comstockii (Floresta Fm.)

• 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)

References

Further reading

• Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83)