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Goniatites multiliratus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites multiliratus was named by Gordon (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 119499, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6619A, Murray County, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in the Caney Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Goniatites multiliratus Gordon p. 356 fig. 1A
1964Goniatites multiliratus Gordon p. 186 figs. Pl 18, figs 8-12; text-figs 44C,D, 45
1971Goniatites multiliratus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 208
2015Goniatites multiliratus Korn and Titus p. 91 fig. 9

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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
speciesmultiliratusGordon 1962

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 multiliratus Gordon 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.3
shell diameter133.0
shell inflation13.20

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: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Texas) Goniatites multiliratus (169949)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Arkansas) Goniatites multiliratus (157692 157693 157694 157695 157696)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Oklahoma) Goniatites multiliratus (type locality: 157697 157698 157699)