Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Brachiopoda |
| Class: Strophomenata |
| Order: Strophomenida |
| Family: Anopliidae |
| Genus: Sinochonetes |
| Species: Sinochonetes lepidus (Hall, 1857) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Sonyea Group |
| Genesee Group |
| Tully Formation |
| Moscow Formation |
| Ludlowville Formation |
| Mahantango Formation |
| Skaneateles Formation |
| Plum Brook Formation |
| Oatka Creek Formation |
References
Hall (1867): (as Chonetes lepida): p. 132, pl. 21.
Linsley (1994): p. 181, figs. 27-33.
Remarks
Originally described as Chonetes lepida by Hall in 1857. Recombined as Klocinetes lepidus by Bizzaro in 1995. Also sometimes called Retichonetes lepidus.
From Carlton Brett and Gordon Baird: “A small widely distributed chonetid found in many black to gray shales though the Givetian and Frasnian.”
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