Chonioconarida

Chonioconarida Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Class:	Tentaculita†
Subclass:	Chonioconarida† Farsan, 1994
Superorders
Trompetoconarida† Liriconarida†

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.

References

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