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Goniatites is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae. Hibernicoceras and Hypergoniatites are among related genera.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniatites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623978	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623978
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13727	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13727

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Goniatitidae : Goniatites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Goniatitidae : Goniatites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Goniatitoidea
family	Goniatitidae	Haan 1825
genus	Goniatites	de Haan 1825

Scientific Name

Goniatites de Haan, 1825

Name Published In

Specimen philosoph. exhib. Monogr. Ammonit. Goniatit.: 159

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitidae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitinae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitidae	stated with evidence	Furnish et al., 2009
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitinae	stated with evidence	Korn and Titus, 2015
Goniatites	genus	belongs to Goniatitidae	stated with evidence	Klug et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 392 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

212 - 206 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Goniatitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniatites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Glyphioceras calyx ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Glyphioceras diadema ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Glyphioceras pauperum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites aequilobatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites americanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	345 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites angustilobatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites antiquatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites asturicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites baueri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites baylei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites beaumontii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites beyrichianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites bidorsatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites bisati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites blumii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites bronnii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites buchii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites calyx species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites concentricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites crenifalcatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites crenistria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	345 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites deceptus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites diadema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites dufrenoii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites eganensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites evelinae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites falcatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites fimbriatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites friesei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites fuhrmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites furcatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites gerberi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites glaucus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites granosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	339 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites greencastlensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites hudsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites infrafurcatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites involutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites iris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites irtyshensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites koboldi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites lazarus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites lineatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites mediterraneus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites muensteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites multiliratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites myrtilensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites orientalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites paucilobus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites pauperum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites preslii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites radiatus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites robustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites rodioni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites rosthornii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites schmidti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites shimanskyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites silurica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites smithii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites sowerbyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	339 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites sphaericostriatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites sphaericus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites spirifer ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites spurius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites stenumbilicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	343 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites striatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	345 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites struppus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites subinvolutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniatites suprafurcatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites tenuissimus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Goniatites truncatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Goniatites umbilicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites warslowensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites wedberensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Goniatites wissmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Goriatites Reichenbach, 1828	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Goniatitidae : *Goriatites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Goniatites Haan
1884	Glyphioceras Hyatt
2002	Goniatites Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Goniatites Korn
2009	Goniatites Furnish et al. p. 52
2015	Goniatites Korn and Titus p. 90
2016	Goniatites Klug et al. p. 3

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

Korn D., Titus A. L. (2015) Taxonomic descriptions, in Late Viséan (late Mississippian) ammonoids from the Barnett Shale, Sierra Diablo Escarpment, Culberson County, Texas, USA, Fossil Record 18, 81-104

Klug C., de Baets K., et al (2016) Exploring the limits of morphospace: Ontogeny and ecology of late Viséan ammonoids from the Tafilalt, Morocco, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61, 1-14

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 420 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific names for Eleven species of the class Brachiopoda and for two species of the class Cephalopoda originally published by Martin (W.) in 1809 in the nomenclatorially invalid work entitled Petrificata Derbiensia and now available as from the first Subsequent date on which they were severally published in Conditions Satisfying the Requirements of the Regies.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14(4), 129-168 (1956) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mon. Ammon. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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