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Goniatites amarensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites amarensis was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32215.1, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Sidi Amar, sample 1, which is in a Visean carbonate limestone in Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Goniatites amarensis Korn and Ebbighausen p. 56 figs. 5, 6

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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
speciesamarensis

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 amarensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.39.7027.013.89.05
shell diameter332.922.554.329.016.8
shell inflation34.702.907.404.832.26

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Morocco Goniatites amarensis (type locality: 240407)