Protochonetes

Phylum:Brachiopoda

Class:†Strophomenata

Order:†Productida

Family:†Strophochonetidae

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[1]
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.