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Goniatitida ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13602	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13602

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida

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

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Goniatitida	order	belongs to Ammonoidea	stated with evidence	Titus, 1997
Goniatitida	order	belongs to Cephalopoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Goniatitida	order	belongs to Ammonoidea	stated without evidence	Shevyrev, 2006
Goniatitida	order	belongs to Ammonoidea	stated with evidence	Furnish et al., 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

2,604

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyclolobina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)
Goniatitina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	6,134	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tornoceratina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	1,527	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Imitoceratidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aphanites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cravenites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cryptoclymenia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eudissoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Gordonites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	323 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Mezorulganites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Osmanoceras ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Prehoffmannia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Schuichengoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Subshumardites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Terektites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thallassoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trigonogastrioceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Unquatornoceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Goniatitida Hyatt
1997	Goniatitida Titus p. 159
2002	Goniatitida Korn and Klug p. 149
2002	Goniatitida Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Goniatitida Shevyrev
2009	Goniatitida Furnish et al.
2016	Goniatitida Korn and Sudar p. 193

References

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

Titus A. L. (1997) The first record of Cancelloceras (Early Pennsylvanian Ammonoidea) from southern Nevada: implications for timing of regional Mid-Carboniferous sea-level fluctuations, Journal of Paleontology 71, 158-162

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375

Shevyrev A. A. (2006) The cephalopod macrosystem: A historical review, the present state of knowledge, and unsolved problems: 3. Classification of Bactritoidea and Ammonoidea, Paleontological Journal 40 2, 150-161

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., Sudar M. N. (2016) The Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous ammonoids (Cephalopoda) from Milivojevia Kamenjar, Družeti (NW Serbia) and their stratigraphy, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 187-220

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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