Chonioconarida

Chonioconarida is an extinct subclass of free living animals from the Tentaculita class, which were common in the Silurian and Devonian oceans. Chonioconarids have a slim and long needle-like larval parts. They are covered with sculpture throughout (Farsan 2005). Their affinity is unknown. Their fossils are known from Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America.

Chonioconarida
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
incertae sedis
Class:
Tentaculita†

Bouček, 1964
Subclass:
Chonioconarida†

Farsan, 1994
superorders
  • Trompetoconarida†
  • Liriconarida†

References
  • Farsan, N.M. 2005. Description of the early ontogenetic part of the Tentaculitids, with implications for classification. Lethaia 38: 255-270.
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