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Protochonetes

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Extinct genus of brachiopods

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
species
  • P. ludloviensis Muir-Wood, 1962 (type)
  • P. harricanensis Jin et al., 1993
  • P. elyensis Sheehan, 1982
  • P. striatellus (Dalman, 1828)
  • P. piltenensis Rybnikova, 1967
  • P. minimus (Sowerby, 1839)
  • P. novoscotius
  • P. ceratoides
  • P. latus

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

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Protochonetes".
Taxon identifiers
Protochonetes


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