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Goniatites truncatus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites truncatus was named by Phillips (1836). Its type specimen is B.M.C 240a and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Beyrichoceratoides truncatus by Currie (1954) and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. lepidus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Goniatites truncatus Phillips
1897Glyphioceras truncatum Foord and Crick p. 175
1936Goniatites truncatum Phillips p. 233 figs. pl. xix, figs. 20 and 21
1954Beyrichoceratoides truncatus Currie pp. 542-560 figs. Pl. I, figs. 1-6 and Pl. II figs. 1-13
1971Beyrichoceratoides truncatus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 154

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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
speciestruncatusPhillips 1836

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 truncatus Phillips 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available