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Protochonetes

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Protochonetes Muir-Wood
1974Protochonetes Bassett and Cocks
1997Protochonetes Jin and Chatterton
2000Protochonetes Williams et al. p. 377
2002Protochonetes Sepkoski
2011Protochonetes Rubel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyStrophochonetidaeMuir-Wood 1962
subfamilyProtochonetinaeRacheboeuf 2000
genusProtochonetesMuir-Wood 1962

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protochonetes Muir-Wood 1962
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†Protochonetes elyensis Sheehan 1982
†Protochonetes harricanensis Jin et al. 1993
†Protochonetes ludlovensis Muir-Wood 1962
†Protochonetes ludloviensis Muir-Wood 1962
†Protochonetes minimus Sowerby 1839
†Protochonetes piltenensis Rybnikova 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2006).g
Created: 2009-06-06 12:56:49
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:56:49
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Jaani to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 433.60000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (247 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (486)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Nova Scotia) P. tenuistriatus (3064 3066 3136 3147 3159 3163 3164 3165 3167 3168 3170 3171 3172 3173 3174 3176 3178 3185 3186 3187 3188 3189 3191 3192 3193 3200 3206)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Québec) P. sp. (24540)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Bolivia P. sp. (25084)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (Nevada) P. sp. (24787)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (23089)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Brazil P. novoscoticus (25622)
Alexandrian - Niagaran443.4 - 421.3Canada (Québec) P. sp. (25155)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (New Brunswick) P. sp. (68834)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) P. harricanensis (77343)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4USA (Nevada) P. elyensis (51557)
Jaani - Jaagarahu433.6 - 422.9Lithuania P. minimus (192579)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway P. ludloviensis (14289 14312)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) P. sp. (26805)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Lithuania P. minimus (192992)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4Lithuania P. minimus (192993)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (494)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ireland P. ludloviensis (499 501)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Lithuania P. minimus (13745 13746 195447 207295 207386)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. ceratoides (49642) P. minimus (79881) P. sp. (477 522)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (Australian Capital Territory) P. minimus (25679)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) P. minimus (192373)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Nova Scotia) P. sp. (24880)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Lithuania P. minimus (13756)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Argentina P. sp. (25060 25061 25062)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Lithuania P. minimus (192613 192994 207376 207379 207381)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. minimus (23291) P. sp. (23057 23218 23285 23286 23288 23289 23293)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (Wales) P. minimus (23287)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) P. minimus (13528 13529)
Whitwellian430.5 - 425.4Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (26042)
Homerian - Jaagarahu430.5 - 422.9Lithuania P. minimus (192580)
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Lithuania P. minimus (192559)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (England) P. ludloviensis (23210 23211 23213) P. ludloviensis, P. minimus (23181) P. minimus (480 23149 23178) P. sp. (529)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Lithuania P. minimus (192564 192995)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Belarus P. sp. (23662)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) P. minimus (25682 25683 25708)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine P. ludloviensis (23354 23375) P. striatellus (14143)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (Wales) P. ludloviensis (23169 23173)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) P. striatellus (13531)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Ukraine P. striatellus (14144)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Venezuela P. sp. (25067)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine P. ludloviensis (23356) P. podolicus (23475)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Estonia P. striatellus (13735)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Belarus P. sp. (23658)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) P. ludloviensis (478 479 49657 49658) P. sp. (481 482 523 533 535)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Lithuania P. minimus (195446) P. stonishkensis (13765) P. striatellus (207403)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (484)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Ukraine P. ludloviensis, P. striatellus (23427) P. striatellus (23358)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Spain P. sp.O (13920)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Lithuania P. piltenensis (13759 26291)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Estonia P. piltenensis (13732 13736) P. stonishkensis, P. piltenensis (13733)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) P. ludloviensis (8295 8296 8297 8298 8299 8300 8301 8302 8303 8304 8305 8306 8307 8308 8309 8310 8311 8312 8313 8314 8315 8316 8320 8321 8322 8323 8324 8325 23103 23106 23107 23109 23111 23185) P. minumus, P. ludloviensis (23184) P. sp. (26911)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Ukraine (Podolia) P. striatellus (229365)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Ukraine P. striatellus (14145)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) P. striatellus (13532 13533 13534)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2Ukraine P. dniestrensis (14147)
Kaugetuma423.0 - 421.5Russian Federation P. stonishkensis, P. piltenensis (207251)
Kaugetuma423.0 - 421.5Estonia P. piltenensis (207257)
Kaugetuma423.0 - 421.5Estonia (Saare) P. piltenensis (193614 193722)
Kaugetuma423.0 - 421.5Latvia P. piltenensis (207254)
Elton423.0 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) P. minimus (75051 75052)
Kaugetuma - Kuressaare423.0 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) P. piltenensis (193720)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Belarus P. dniestrensis (23650) P. sp. (23655 23672)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Spain (Guadalajara) P. sp.O (13927)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Lithuania P. piltenensis (13763 13764 192558 192998 207299 207334) P. sp. (207344) P. stonishkensis (13766 13767 13771) P. stonishkensis, P. piltenensis (192997 192999)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2China (Jilin) P. sp. (25759)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (26913)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland P. dniestrensis (13883) P. sp., P. ludloviensis (23040)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine P. dnestrensis (23359) P. dniestrensis (13873 14148 23440 23442) P. striatellus (23437)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Nova Scotia) P. sp. (14200)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (646)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Canada (Nova Scotia) P. sp. (24896)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) P. piltenensis (193686) P. striatellus (192133 193713 193714 193715 193716 195603)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia P. striatellus (13727 207255)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Latvia P. minimus, P. piltenensis (207252)
Kuressaare421.3 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) P. piltenensis (193717 193718 193719 193721)
Kuressaare421.3 - 419.2Russian Federation P. stonishkensis (207250)
Kuressaare421.3 - 419.2Latvia P. piltenensis (207253)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Belarus P. proliferus (23671)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (24796)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8China (Jilin) P. sp. (27748)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) P. cresswelli (25713)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) P. australis (25715 25716 25717)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Guangxi) P. sp. (25729 25730 25833)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation P. sp. (35710)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (39874 39875 39876 39877 39878 39879)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) P. culleni (35557 39890) P. latus (39884 39886 39888)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (39880)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) P. sp. (65074)