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Frechites darkiensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Frechites darkiensis was named by Arkadiev and Vavilov (1989). Its type specimen is Museum of Leningrad Mining Institute N 39/321 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Darky River, nevadanus zone, Kharaulakh Range, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Frechites darkiensis Arkadiev and Vavilov figs. pl. 2, figs. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusFrechitesSmith 1932
speciesdarkiensis

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.

Frechites darkiensis Arkadiev and Vavilov 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height323.818.528.026.05.01
shell diameter351.240.058.058.010.4
shell inflation312.911.014.513.51.80

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation Frechites darkiensis (type locality: 111931 111974)