Goniatites crenistria

Goniatites crenistria is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae.[1][2]

Goniatites crenistria
Temporal range: Carboniferous 345.3–326.4 Ma
Fossil of Goniatites crenistria from Poland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Goniatitida
Family: †Goniatitidae
Genus: †Goniatites
Species:
†G. crenistria
Binomial name
†Goniatites crenistria
Phillips 1836

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Carboniferous from 345.3 to 326.4 Ma.[3]

References
  1. Encyclopedia of life
  2. GONIAT
  3. The Paleobiology Database
  • Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.
  • Museum of Victoria


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