1962  Merocanites (Michiganites) Ruzhentsev in Osnovy: 348.
pt. 1963  Merocanites.-Kullmann: 273.
     1965  Merocanites (Merocanites).- Weyer: 455.
     1972  Michiganites.- Weyer: 172.
     1972  Michiganites.- Weyer: 327.
     1980  Michiganites.- Kuzina: 37.
     1996  Michiganites.- Riley: 13.

Type species: Goniatites marshallensis Winchell, 1862, p.362 [OD].

G:   Suture line with ten lobes. Ventral lobe pouched, three lobes on flanks. Sutural formula:
       [Germ.] EALU2U1I, [Russ.] VLUU1:ID.

[Ontogenetic development of suture insufficiently known].