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Goniatites spirifer

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites spirifer was named by Roemer (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. lepidus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Goniatites spirifer Roemer
1923Glyphioceras costulatum Bruning
1971Goniatites spirifer Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 208
2025Goniatites spirifer Korn and Ebbighausen p. 65 figs. 12, 13

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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
speciesspiriferRoemer 1850

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 spirifer Roemer 1850
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Invalid names: Glyphioceras costulatum Bruning 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.6
shell diameter146.7
shell inflation15.80

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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Morocco Goniatites spirifer (240405 240411)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Goniatites spirifer (211904)