{"id":68,"date":"2013-09-11T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2016-10-10T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:00:30","slug":"eochonetes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/strophomenata\/strophomenida\/sowerbyellidae\/eochonetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eochonetes<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nClassification<\/strong>
\nPhylum:\u00a0Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass:\u00a0Strophomenata<\/a>
\nOrder:\u00a0Strophomenida<\/a>
\nFamily:\u00a0Sowerbyellidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Eochonetes<\/em> Reed, 1917
\nCincinnatian Species: Eochonetes clarksvillensis<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nCincinnatian Species: Eochonetes clarksvillensis<\/em><\/a>
\nType Species:<\/p>\n
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    • Chonetes (Eochonetes) advena<\/em> Reed, 1917<\/li>\n
    • Thaerodonta aspera\u00a0<\/em>Wang, 1949<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

      Synonymous with Thaerodonta<\/em> Wang, 1949
      \nTaxonomic Revisions:
      \n1917 Chonetes (Eochonetes)<\/em> Reed
      \n1928 Sowerbyella<\/em> Jones
      \n1949 Thaerodonta<\/em> Wang
      \n1965 Thaerodonta<\/em> Howe
      \n1965 Eoplectodonta<\/em> Williams
      \n1965 Eochonetes<\/em> Williams
      \n1967 Thaerodonta<\/em> Havli\u010dek
      \n1972 Thaerodonta<\/em> Howe
      \n1974 Thaerodonta<\/em> Amsden
      \n1974 Eochonetes<\/em> Amsden
      \n1977 Eoplectodonta<\/em> Mitchell
      \n1981 Thaerodonta<\/em> R\u00f5\u00f5musoks
      \n1989 Eochonetes<\/em> Cocks & Rong<\/p>\n

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      Geologic Range<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Ordovician (Caradoc – Ashgill)<\/p>\n

      Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
      \nEochonetes<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

      Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Eochonetes vs. Sowerbyella<\/em>: Eochonetes<\/em> is larger, has strongly developed accessory teeth, delthyrial thickening, high lateral ridges as well as dorsal denticles with corresponding ventral fossettes<\/li>\n
      • Eochonetes vs. Plectodonta<\/em>: Eochonetes<\/em> lacks large tubercles on internal surface and dentition is different, Plectodonta<\/em> has ventral denticles with corresponding dorsal fossettes–the opposite of Eochonetes<\/em>\n
      • Small in size<\/li>\n
      • Semicircular outline<\/li>\n
      • Hinge line is greatest width<\/li>\n
      • Dorsal denticles; ventral fossettes<\/li>\n
      • Ventral canals perforating the hinge line (rarely seen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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        Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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