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
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.

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