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Goniatitidae
Temporal range: Early Mississippian–Late Permian
Fossil of "Goniatites bohemicus" from Bavaria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Fossil of Goniatites bohemicus from Bavaria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Goniatitida
Superfamily: †Goniatitoidea
Family: †Goniatitidae
Haan 1825
Subfamilies

Goniatitidae is one of three families included in the ammonoid cephalopod superfamily Goniatitoidea, known from the Lower Mississippian to the Upper Permian. They have sutures that form 8 lobes and characteristically lack sculpture. The ventral lobe, as for the superfamily, is bifurcated.

References

  • Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geologocial Society of America and Univ of Kansas Press.
  • Goniatitidae Paleo db 9/07/13


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