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Goniatites gerberi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites gerberi was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9088.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-C, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. crebriseptus, G. lateseptatus, G. lepidus, G. schaelkensis, G. striatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Goniatites gerberi Korn and Ebbighausen p. 27 figs. 22B, 23, 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
familyGoniatitidaeHaan 1825
genusGoniatitesHaan 1825
speciesgerberi

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 gerberi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available