Protochonetes

Protochonetes
Temporal range: Silurian-Devonian
Isorthis and Protochonetes. Silurian reef fauna. Fossil in the Oxford University natural history museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: †Strophomenata
Order: †Productida
Family: †Strophochonetidae
Subfamily: †Protochonetinae
Genus: †Protochonetes
Muir-Wood, 1962[1]
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".
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