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Goniatites sphaericus
Taxonomy
Ammonites sphaericus was named by Sowerby (1814). Its type specimen is BMNH 43871 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Goniatites.
It was considered a nomen nudum by Martin (1809); it was recombined as Goniatites sphaericus by Smith (1903), Muir-Wood and Stubblefield (1951) and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).
It was considered a nomen nudum by Martin (1809); it was recombined as Goniatites sphaericus by Smith (1903), Muir-Wood and Stubblefield (1951) and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1814 | Ammonites sphaericus Sowerby p. 116 figs. Pl LIII, figs 2 |
1903 | Goniatites sphaericus Smith p. 78 |
1923 | Paraglyphioceras striatosphaericum Bruning |
1951 | Goniatites sphaericus Muir-Wood and Stubblefield p. 19 |
1971 | Goniatites sphaericus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 208 |
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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 sphaericus Sowerby 1814
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Invalid names: Paraglyphioceras striatosphaericum Bruning 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available