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Frechites hamatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Frechites hamatus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28330 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 45655, Hook Lake, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Frechites hamatus Tozer p. 120 figs. Pl 64, figs 9-11

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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
specieshamatus

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 hamatus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height240.0--40.0-
shell diameter252.232.185.058.537.4
shell inflation222.1--22.1-

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 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) Frechites hamatus (type locality: 137669 139560)