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Chonetes

Taxonomy
Chonetes was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l C Tour-l Sepkoski's reference number: 25]. It is the type genus of Chonetidae, Chonetinae.

It was assigned to Chonetidae by Talent (1963); to Chonetinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Chonetes Fischer de Waldheim
1963Chonetes Talent p. 67
2000Chonetes Williams et al. p. 394
2002Chonetes Sepkoski, Jr.

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