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Goniatites tenuissimus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites tenuissimus was named by Klipstein (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. lepidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Goniatites tenuissimus Klipstein p. 143 figs. Pl 8, figs 21a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
familyGoniatitidaeHaan 1825
genusGoniatitesHaan 1825
speciestenuissimus

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.

†Goniatites tenuissimus Klipstein 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available