Goniatite fossils. The goniatites were primitive ammonites (extinct cephlapod molluscs) that flourished during the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian

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Goniatite fossils. The goniatites were primitive ammonites (extinct cephlapod molluscs) that flourished during the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods (dating from 400 to 251 million years ago). They were a free swimming animal, possessing a head with two well developed eyes and grasping tentacles. They swam by squirting water out of the body cavity.

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