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Lyrogoniatites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lyrogoniatites was named by Miller and Furnish (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,304,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Lyrogoniatites georgiensis. It is the type genus of Lyrogoniatitinae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lyrogoniatitinae by Kuzina and Yatskov (1990), Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Korn and Sudar (2016).

Species
L. eisenbergensis, L. georgiensis (type species), L. mediator, L. mutabilis, L. tener
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. entogonus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Lyrogoniatites Miller and Furnish
1990Lyrogoniatites Kuzina and Yatskov p. 54
2002Lyrogoniatites Sepkoski
2006Lyrogoniatites Korn
2009Lyrogoniatites Furnish et al. p. 65
2016Lyrogoniatites Korn and Sudar p. 211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoglyphioceratoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyCravenoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyLyrogoniatitinae
genusLyrogoniatitesMiller and Furnish 1940

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.

G. †Lyrogoniatites Miller and Furnish 1940
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†Lyrogoniatites georgiensis Miller and Furnish 1940
†Lyrogoniatites mediator Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Lyrogoniatites mutabilis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Lyrogoniatites tener Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.355.1012.88.402.24
shell diameter2122.713.437.023.27.31
shell inflation217.753.7017.37.803.60

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Pendleian or 339.90000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) L. georgiensis (211907)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9USA (Texas) L. entogonus (131235)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) L. georgiensis (8252)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan L. mediator (166871) L. sp. (166896)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) L. sp. (191375)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9Serbia L. sp. (177521) L. tener (177516)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan L. mediator (166874) L. mediator, L. mutabilis (166875) L. mutabilis (166876 166877 166878 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166888 166889) L. mutabilis, L. tener (166879 166886) L. tener (166865 166887 166897)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation L. tener (179302)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) L. mutabilis (166475) L. sp. (166900)