Goniatites bohemicus
Goniatites bohemicus is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae.[1][2]
| Goniatites bohemicus Temporal range: | |
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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 |
| Family: | †Goniatitidae |
| Genus: | †Goniatites |
| Species: | †G. bohemicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Goniatites bohemicus Barrande 1865 | |
These slow-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Mississippian epoch during the Carboniferous period[3] in what is now Bohemia.[4]
References
- Global Names Index
- Europeana
- Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.
- Joachim Barrande Systême Silurien
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