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Goliathiceras (Goliathites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Goliathiceras (Goliathites) was named by Arkell (1946). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goliathiceras by Arkell (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Goliathiceras (Goliathites) Arkell pp. 343-345 figs. Txt fig 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyCardioceratinaeSiemiradzki 1891
genusGoliathicerasBuckman 1919
subgenusGoliathites

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.

Subg. †Goliathiceras (Goliathites) Arkell 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Goliathiceras goliathus (181896)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Goliathiceras goliathus (62288)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Goliathiceras goliathus (12269)