Goniatites bohemicus
Goniatites bohemicus Temporal range: Silurian, 443.4–419.2 Ma | |
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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.
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