Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Belongs to Goniatites according to D. Korn and A. L. Titus 2015
See also Gordon 1964 and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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 evelinae, 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 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 diadema, Glyphioceras angulatum, Glyphioceras calyx, Glyphioceras pauperum
Type specimen: USNM 119499, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 6619A, Murray County, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in the Caney Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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