Chonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. It ranged from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic.Chonetes on the Paleobiology Database
Species The following species of Chonetes have been described:
C. baragwanathi C. billingsi (Floresta Formation, Colombia)Floresta Fauna at Fossilworks.org 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 speciosusChonetes speciosus nom. nov. F. Wolverson Cope, 1938 at Cambridge Journal - abundant in the shales associated with the main limestone near Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.L.B. Smyth, Geological Magazine, Volume LIX, 1922 Chonetes elegans L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for Plicochonetes elegans (L.G. de Koninck, 1847)Recherches sur les animaux fossiles. LG De Koninck, 1847, volume I, page 220
References
Further reading Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 83)