1999  Maxigoniatites Korn, Klug & Mapes: 350.

Type species: Goniatites maximus var. saourensis Pareyn, 1961, p.146 [OD].

Conch large, entirely spirally ornamented, slightly evolute in juvenile and involute in adult stages. Suture line with narrow
ventral lobe, median saddle moderately high; broadly rounded ventrolateral saddle.