''Goniatites'' is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family

Goniatitidae Goniatitidae is one of three families included in the Ammonoidea, ammonoid cephalopod superfamily Goniatitoidea, known from the Lower Mississippian (geology), Mississippian to the Upper Permian. They have sutures that form 8 lobes and characteris ...

, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae. '' Hibernicoceras'' and '' Hypergoniatites'' are among related genera.

Species

Description

The shell is generally globose with an open but narrow umbilicus, the surface commonly reticulate resulting from longitudinal lirae crossing transverse striae. The ventral lobe of the suture is rather narrow with a median saddle about or little less than half the height of entire lobe. The first lateral saddle is subangular to angular.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found widespread in North America, Eurasia, and north Africa. In particular they have been found in the

Triassic The Triassic ( ; sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya. The Triassic is t ...

of Italy, United States, in the

Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...

of United States, in the

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...

of the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States, in the Mississippian of United States, as well in the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...

of the Czech Republic, Spain, United States.

Gallery

File:Goniatites crenistria.jpg, '' Goniatites crenistria'' from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

File:Goniatitidae - Goniatites bohemicus.JPG, '' Goniatites bohemicus'' from

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

File:Goniatites sp.1 - Devonico medio.JPG, ''Goniatites'' species from

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

References

* Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf, 1957. Paleozoic Ammonoidea,

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ...

, Part L. Geological Society of America. * Genus ''Goniatites'' i
GONIAT
*Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
Carboniferous ammonites Goniatitida genera Goniatitidae Fossils of the Czech Republic Fossils of Ireland Permian ammonites Late Devonian first appearances Late Devonian animals Rhaetian extinctions {{Goniatitida-stub