Goniatites bohemicus
Appearance
Goniatites bohemicus Temporal range: Silurian,
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Fossil of Goniatites bohemicus from Bavaria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Species: | G. bohemicus
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Goniatites bohemicus Barrande 1865
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Goniatites bohemicus is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae.[1][2]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Silurian period, from 443.4 to 419.2 million years ago. [3]
References
- ^ Global Names Index
- ^ Europeana
- ^ Joachim Barrande Systême Silurien
- Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.