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Goniatitida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| 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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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!
