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Frankites glaber

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Frankites glaber was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28798 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68234, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Frankites glaber Tozer p. 164 figs. Pl 83, figs 13-15; text-fig 66a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyAnolcitinae
genusFrankitesTozer 1971
speciesglaber

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.

Frankites glaber Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height317.710.529.920.213.7
shell diameter326.012.965.021.028.0
shell inflation39.195.0016.910.98.41

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) Frankites glaber (137961 type locality: 138615)