Goniatites bohemicus
| Goniatites bohemicus Temporal range: Silurian, 443.4–419.2Ma | |
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| Fossil of Goniatites bohemicus from Bavaria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Goniatitida |
| Superfamily: | Goniatitaceae |
| Family: | Goniatitidae |
| Subfamily: | Goniatitinae |
| Genus: | Goniatites |
| Species: | G. bohemicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Goniatites bohemicus Barrande 1865 | |
Goniatites bohemicus is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae.[1][2]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Silurian period, from 443.4 to 419.2 million years ago. [3]
References
- ↑ Global Names Index
- ↑ Europeana
- ↑ Joachim Barrande Systême Silurien
- Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.