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Franconitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Franconitinae was named by Zeiss (1968). Its type is Franconites.

It was assigned to Lithacoceratidae by Vasicek and Skupien (2014).

Subtaxa
Franconites (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Franconitinae Zeiss
2014Franconitinae Vasicek and Skupien p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
subfamilyFranconitinaeZeiss 1968
subfamilyFranconitinaeZeiss 1968

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.

Subfm. †Franconitinae Zeiss 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain Franconites pseudojubatum (73297)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Romania Franconites vimineus (198341)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Franconites fascipartitus (177627)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Franconites astrictus, Franconites communis, Franconites sparsicostatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus, Franconites vimineus (13445) Franconites communis, Franconites robustus (13437) Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus (13434) Franconites pectinatiformis (13443) Franconites procurvus, Franconites astrictus, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites stephanovi, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites pseudojubatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus (13441 13444) Franconites procurvus, Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites robustus, Franconites vimineus (13439) Franconites procurvus, Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites vimineus (13436) Franconites pseudojubatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus (13442) Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites astrictus, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites vimineus (13440) Franconites stephanovi, Franconites pectinatiformis (13446) Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis (13435) Franconites vimineus (13433) Usseliceras fascipartitum (13416 13417 13430)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Franconites vimineus (13438) Usseliceras fascipartitum (13418)