Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Goniotremus polygonus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Tremanotus polygonus was named by Perner (1903) [Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Boiotremus polygonus by Horný (1963); it was recombined as Goniotremus polygonus by Horný (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Tremanotus polygonus Perner pp. 110 - 114 figs. txt. f. 78-79; pl. 83 f. 22-25; pl. 84 f. 40-48
1963Boiotremus polygonus Horný p. 108
1992Goniotremus polygonus Horný p. 105
2023Goniotremus polygonus Wagner p. S179

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyTremanotinae()
genusGoniotremus
speciespolygonus()

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.

Goniotremus polygonus Perner 1903
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:59
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Tremanotus polygonus (type locality: 104794)