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Agoniatites expansus

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites expansus was named by Vanuxem (1842). It is the type species of Agoniatites.

It was synonymized subjectively with Agoniatites (Agoniatites) costulatus by Göddertz (1987); it was recombined as Agoniatites expansus by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Goniatites expansus Vanuxem p. 141 fig. 1
1879Goniatites vanuxemi Hall
2002Agoniatites vanuxemi Klug fig. 29C,J,K
2002Agoniatites expansus Korn and Klug p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyAgoniatitaceaeHolzapfel 1899
familyAgoniatitidaeHolzapfel 1899
genusAgoniatitesMeek 1877
speciesexpansus(Vanuxem 1842)

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.

Agoniatites expansus Vanuxem 1842
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Invalid names: Goniatites vanuxemi Hall 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available