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Goniatites bohemicus

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Goniatites bohemicus
Temporal range: Silurian, 443.4–419.2 Ma
Fossil of Goniatites bohemicus from Bavaria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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G. bohemicus
Binomial name
Goniatites bohemicus
Barrande 1865

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

  • Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.