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Suborder:
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Goniatitina 
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Superfamily:
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Dimorphoceratoidea 
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Family:
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Girtyoceratidae 
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Subfamily:
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Girtyoceratinae | 
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Qualifier:
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fy | 
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Author:
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	Wedekind 1918,p.139	 
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Valid:
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Girtyoceratidae Wedekind,1918 | 
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Lower Boundary:
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Up.Visean  Goniatites BZ base [up.VIS], 333.5 million years
 
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Upper Boundary:
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Pendleian--Arnsbergian        [PND--ARN], 324 million years
 
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