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Phoenixites frechi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tornoceras frechi was named by Wedekind (1918). It is not extant. It is the type species of Phoenixites.

It was recombined as Phoenixites frechi by Becker and House (2000), Korn and Klug (2002), Woroncowa-Marcinowska (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Tornoceras frechi Wedekind
1991Tornoceras frechi parvum Makowski
2000Phoenixites frechi Becker and House figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6
2002Phoenixites frechi Korn and Klug p. 159
2006Phoenixites frechi Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 138 figs. 30A-G, 31A-C, 32G-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyFalcitornoceratinae(Becker 1993)
genusPhoenixitesBecker 1993
speciesfrechi(Wedekind 1918)

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.

†Phoenixites frechi Wedekind 1918
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†Tornoceras frechi parvum Makowski 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height327.414.537.937.513.4
shell diameter345.525.066.257.021.6
shell inflation30.0010.0010.0010.001-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 379.00000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Phoenixites frechi (172455 172459 172465)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Phoenixites frechi (236364)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Phoenixites frechi (135696)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Phoenixites frechi (135714 135716)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86France (Alsace) Phoenixites frechi (38676)