Protochonetes

Protochenetes
Temporal range: Silurian
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Productida
Suborder: Chonetedina
Superfamily: Chonetoidea
Family: Strophonochetidae
Subfamily: Strophonochetinae
Genus: Protochonetes
species
  • P. harricanensis
  • ?P. ceratoides
  • ?P. elyensis
  • ?P. latus
  • ?P. minimus
  • ?P. novoscotius

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

References

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