Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Goniocephalus willistoni

Taxonomy
Goniocephalus willistoni was named by Broili (1913). Its type specimen is a specimen in the BSP, a partial skull (posterior portion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craddock Bonebed, Brush Creek, 38 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Goniocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Goniocephalus willistoni Broili p. 100 figs. 3a-c, 4a, b Pl. IX

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
—Choanata
—Stegocephali()
genusGoniocephalus
specieswillistoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Goniocephalus willistoni Broili 1913
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available