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Neogoniatites worki

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae

Taxonomy
Neogoniatites worki was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9091.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-A, Gara el Itima (1998 Tubingen collection), which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/limestone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Neogoniatites worki Korn and Ebbighausen p. 35 figs. 31B, 32, 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
familyGoniatitidaeHaan 1825
genusNeogoniatitesRuzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1970
speciesworki

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.

Neogoniatites worki Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height422.018.824.522.62.56
shell diameter445.737.851.347.56.22
shell inflation43.953.264.704.000.637

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: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco Neogoniatites worki (157738 157739 157742 157744 157749)