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Franconites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Franconites Vasicek and Skupien p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
subfamilyFranconitinaeZeiss 1968
genusFranconites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian161.5 - 137.05Spain F. pseudojubatum (73297)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Romania F. vimineus (198341)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany F. astrictus, F. communis, F. sparsicostatus, F. pectinatiformis, F. robustus, F. vimineus (13445) F. communis, F. robustus (13437) F. communis, F. robustus, F. tenuiplicatus (13434) F. pectinatiformis (13443) F. procurvus, F. astrictus, F. tenuicostatus, F. stephanovi, F. tenuiplicatus, F. pseudojubatus, F. pectinatiformis, F. robustus (13441 13444) F. procurvus, F. rohrbachensis, F. robustus, F. vimineus (13439) F. procurvus, F. rohrbachensis, F. tenuicostatus, F. communis, F. robustus, F. tenuiplicatus, F. vimineus (13436) F. pseudojubatus, F. pectinatiformis, F. robustus (13442) F. rohrbachensis, F. astrictus, F. tenuicostatus, F. communis, F. robustus, F. tenuiplicatus, F. vimineus (13440) F. stephanovi, F. pectinatiformis (13446) F. tenuicostatus, F. communis (13435) F. vimineus (13433) Usseliceras fascipartitum (13416 13417 13430)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Czechia F. fascipartitus (177627)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany F. vimineus (13438) Usseliceras fascipartitum (13418)