1838  Goniatites punctatus Conrad, p.111, 117.
     1879  Goniatites punctatus.-Hall, p.431.   
     1938  Agoniatites? punctatus.-Miller, p.49.

Miller (1938, p.49: Holotype "never figured and apparently irretrievably lost"; "it is doubtful if the species can ever be recognized with certainty...", "even its generic affinities are questionable".