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Goniatites

Small ammonite like animals from the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. The "sutures" are simple because the "septa" are little folded. The order of Goniatitida belongs to the class of Inkfish like animals (Cephalopoda) and the phylum of Mollusca.


Description of the suturelines occurring in goniatites, ceratites and ammonites.

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