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Parafrechites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Parafrechites Silberling and Nichols p. 27
1996Parafrechites Dagis et al. p. 117
2018Parafrechites Ji and Bucher p. 637

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusParafrechites

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.

G. †Parafrechites Silberling and Nichols 1982
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†Parafrechites cordeyi Ji and Bucher 2018
†Parafrechites dunni Smith 1914
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Invalid names: Beyrichites osmonti Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites williamsi Smith 1914 [synonym]
†Parafrechites egorovi Konstantinov 1991
†Parafrechites evolutus Konstantinov 1991
†Parafrechites kharaulakhensis Konstantinov 1991
†Parafrechites meeki Mojsisovics 1888
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Invalid names: Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) beckeri Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) russelli Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) wemplei Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites (Hollandites) montisbovis Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites tenuispiralis Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites washburnei Smith 1914 [synonym]
†Parafrechites sublaqueatus Bytschkov 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3319.510.436.018.56.93
shell diameter3341.523.177.038.013.9
shell inflation339.916.0019.010.03.02

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation Beyrichites dunni, Beyrichites osmonti (202896) P. sp. (124653) P. sublaqueatus (124640 124652)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Primorye) Beyrichites osmonti (46901)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Ceratites williamsi, Ceratites russelli (33207)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation P. meeki (151178 151199 151200 151201 151202 151204) P. meeki, P. egorovi (151198) P. sublaqueatus, P. evolutus (151203) P. sublaqueatus, P. meeki, P. evolutus, P. kharaulakhensis, P. egorovi (107008)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) P. cordeyi (197422 197423)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) P. migayi (211377)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Ceratites russelli (33270) Ceratites tenuispiralis, Ceratites williamsi, Ceratites washburnei, Ceratites montisbovis, Ceratites beckeri, Ceratites meeki, Ceratites russelli, Ceratites wemplei, Beyrichites dunni, Beyrichites osmonti, Gymnotoceras blakei, Ceratites organi (142670) P. dunni (40753 44034 110987 143218 143219) P. meeki (38921 38923 38926 43860 57090 142861 142869 143016 143217)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48USA (Nevada) Gymnotoceras blakei (142621)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Russian Federation P. meeki (124554) P. sublaqueatus (124555)