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Goniatites sphaericus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sphaericus was named by Sowerby (1814). Its type specimen is BMNH 43871, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Martin (1809); it was recombined as Goniatites sphaericus by Smith (1903), Muir-Wood and Stubblefield (1951), Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971), Korn and Ebbighausen (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. lepidus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Ammonites sphaericus Sowerby p. 116 figs. Pl LIII, figs 2
1903Goniatites sphaericus Smith p. 78
1923Paraglyphioceras striatosphaericum Bruning
1951Goniatites sphaericus Muir-Wood and Stubblefield p. 19
1971Goniatites sphaericus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 208
2025Goniatites sphaericus Korn and Ebbighausen p. 59 figs. 7-11

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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
speciessphaericus()

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 sphaericus Sowerby 1814
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Invalid names: Paraglyphioceras striatosphaericum Bruning 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1919.210.232.318.85.27
shell diameter1940.722.168.838.510.9
shell inflation196.482.9213.16.472.21

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Morocco Goniatites sphaericus (240404 240409 240410)