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Parafrechites cordeyi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Parafrechites cordeyi was named by Ji and Bucher (2018). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 31880, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HB 621, Yellow Bluff, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Parafrechites cordeyi Ji and Bucher p. 637 fig. 15,16

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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()
genusParafrechites
speciescordeyi

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.

†Parafrechites cordeyi Ji and Bucher 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Parafrechites cordeyi (197422 type locality: 197423)