Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Full reference: D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. Taxonomic names, in The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9:3-60

Belongs to Goniatites according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006

Sister taxa: Ammonites sphaericus, Goniatites aequilobatus, Goniatites americanus, Goniatites angustilobatus, Goniatites antiquatus, Goniatites asturicus, Goniatites baylei, Goniatites beaumontii, Goniatites beyrichianus, Goniatites bidorsatus, Goniatites bisati, Goniatites concentricus, Goniatites crenifalcatus, Goniatites crenistria, Goniatites deceptus, Goniatites dufrenoii, Goniatites eganensis, Goniatites elegans, Goniatites falcatus, Goniatites fimbriatus, Goniatites fuhrmanni, Goniatites gerberi, Goniatites glaucus, Goniatites granosus, Goniatites greencastlensis, Goniatites hudsoni, Goniatites infrafurcatus, Goniatites involutus, Goniatites iris, Goniatites irtyshensis, Goniatites koboldi, Goniatites lazarus, Goniatites lineatus, Goniatites mediterraneus, Goniatites multiliratus, Goniatites myrtilensis, Goniatites orientalis, Goniatites paucilobus, Goniatites radiatus, Goniatites robustus, Goniatites rodioni, Goniatites rosthornii, Goniatites schmidti, Goniatites shimanskyi, Goniatites sowerbyi, Goniatites sphaericostriatus, Goniatites sphaericus, Goniatites spirifer, Goniatites stenumbilicatus, Goniatites striatus, Goniatites struppus, Goniatites tenuissimus, Goniatites truncatus, Goniatites umbilicus, Goniatites warslowensis, Goniatites wedberensis, Glyphioceras calyx, Glyphioceras diadema, Glyphioceras pauperum, Glyphioceras angulatum

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9058.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-C, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.7

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