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Goniatitidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Goniatitida

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Suborder
  
Goniatitina

Goniatitidae

Similar
  
Goniatites crenistria, Goniatites, Goniatite

Goniatitidae is one of three families included in the ammonoid cephalopod superfamily Goniatitoidea, known from the Lower Mississippian to the Upper Permian. They have sutures that form 8 lobes and characteristically lack sculpture. The ventral lobe, as for the superfamily, is bifurcated.

References

Goniatitidae Wikipedia