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Goliathiceras (Goliathites) goliathus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites goliathus was named by d'Orbigny (1849). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R04152.

It was recombined as Goliathiceras (Goliathites) goliathus by Arkell (1946); it was recombined as Cardioceras goliathus by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ammonites goliathus d'Orbigny p. 519 figs. Pl. 195. fig. 1, 2, Pl. 196, fig. 1-4
1946Goliathiceras (Goliathites) goliathus Arkell pp. 343-345
1994Cardioceras goliathus Enay et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyCardioceratinaeSiemiradzki 1891
genusGoliathicerasBuckman 1919
subgenusGoliathites
speciesgoliathus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Goliathiceras goliathus (62288)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Goliathiceras goliathus (181896)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Goliathiceras goliathus (12269)