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Mimagoniatites fecundus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mimagoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites fecundus was named by Barrande (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chotec (uppermost Zlichov Limestone), which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Zlichov Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Mimagoniatites fecundus by Chlupac and Turek (1983), Göddertz (1987), Korn and Klug (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. zlichovensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Goniatites fecundus Barrande
1866Goniatites zorgensis Roemer
1983Mimagoniatites fecundus Chlupac and Turek p. 32 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-15; text-fig 3
1987Mimagoniatites fecundus Göddertz p. 138 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 5
2002Mimagoniatites fecundus Korn and Klug p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimagoniatitaceaeMiller 1938
familyMimagoniatitidaeMiller 1938
genusMimagoniatitesEichenberg 1930
speciesfecundus(Barrande 1865)

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.

†Mimagoniatites fecundus Barrande 1865
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Invalid names: Goniatites zorgensis Roemer 1866 [synonym], Mimagoniatites falcistria Fuchs 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height629.016.044.031.29.45
shell diameter664.448.093.065.216.5
shell inflation617.011.025.017.05.13

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Mimagoniatites fecundus (208258 208259 208261)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia Goniatites fecundus (172630 172650) Mimagoniatites fecundus (12147 172634 172660 172661 172662)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Mimagoniatites falcistria (238133)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Gemuenden) Mimagoniatites falcistria (26903)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Mimagoniatites falcistria (26904) Mimagoniatites fecundus (163367 163369)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Mimagoniatites fecundus (75903 75904)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Mimagoniatites fecundus (38746)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Algeria Mimagoniatites fecundus (40362)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Mimagoniatites fecundus (12112 12143)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Mimagoniatites fecundus (12144 172653 172654 172656 172657 172680)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) Mimagoniatites zorgensis (40410)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Mimagoniatites fecundus (25758)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Mimagoniatites fecundus (40709)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Türkiye (Istanbul) Mimagoniatites zorgensis (32611 32612)