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Frickites freii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae

Taxonomy
Frickites freii was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed A.5 (Frei collection), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Frickites freii Jeannet p. 144 figs. Pl 64, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyReineckeiidaeHyatt 1900
genusFrickites
speciesfreii

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.

Frickites freii Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height136.5
shell diameter1120.0
shell inflation154.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Frickites freii (type locality: 171786)