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Definition of Goniatites

Goniatite
Goniatite Go"ni*a*tite, n. [Gr. ? angle.] (Paleon.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

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- goniatites were limited to environments of normal-marine salinity—as appears to be the case for all cephalopods throughout their history. Goniatites are...
- Czech Republic, Spain, United States. Goniatites crenistria from Poland Goniatites bohemicus from Bavaria Goniatites species from Morocco The Paleobiology...
- Goniatites bohemicus is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae. These slow-moving...
- Goniatites crenistria is a species of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Goniatitidae, included in the superfamily Goniatitaceae. These fast-moving...
- (65–61 Ma). Goniatites, which were a dominant component of Early and Middle Permian faunas, became rare in the Late Permian, and no goniatite is thought...
- productid and spiriferid brachiopods, bivalves, forams, ammonoids (including goniatites), and orthoceridans all abundant. Crown reptiles arise from earlier diapsids...
- with small dashes of purple and/or spots and streaks of white formed by Goniatites or by later cementation. It is sometimes known as Cannes marble. The name...
- straight-s****ed and curved-s****ed forms becoming increasingly rare. Goniatite ammonoids such as Aenigmatoceras are common. Trilobites are rarer than...
- Crinoids 98% Inadunates and camerates died out Mollusca Ammonites 97% Goniatites and Prolecantids died out Bivalves 59%   Gastropods 98%   Retaria Foraminiferans...
- or slightly curved. This is different from the "zigzag" sutures of the goniatites and the highly complex sutures of the ammonites. The septa are perforated...