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Frechites nevadanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites nevadanus was named by Mojsisovics (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Frechites nevadanus by Spath (1934), Bychkov et al. (1976), Silberling and Nichols (1982), Arkadiev and Vavilov (1989), Konstantinov (1991) and Dagis et al. (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Ceratites nevadanus Mojsisovics
1905Ceratites humboldtensis Hyatt and Smith p. 170 figs. Pl 57, figs 1-23
1914Ceratites cornutus Smith p. 98 figs. Pl 62, figs 1-17
1914Ceratites emmonsi Smith p. 98 figs. Pl 60, figs 13-21
1914Ceratites humboldtensis Smith p. 99 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-23; pl 61, figs 1-15
1914Ceratites nevadanus Smith p. 101 figs. Pl 15, fig 6; pl 64, figs 1-14; pl 65, figs 1-13
1914Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) hersheyi Smith p. 110 figs. Pl 93, figs 1-14
1934Frechites cornutus Spath
1934Frechites emmonsi Spath
1934Frechites humboldtensis Spath
1934Frechites nevadanus Spath
1976Frechites humboldtensis Bychkov et al.
1976Frechites nevadanus Bychkov et al.
1982Frechites nevadanus Silberling and Nichols p. 29 figs. Pl 9, figs 19-25; pl 10, figs 1-24; pl 11, figs 1-6
1989Frechites nevadanus Arkadiev and Vavilov p. 59 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1991Frechites nevadanus Konstantinov p. 28 figs. Pl 9, figs 3-5; pl 10, fig 4; text-figs 14-16
1996Frechites nevadanus Dagis et al. p. 117 figs. Pl 59, fig 3

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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
speciesnevadanus(Mojsisovics 1888)

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 nevadanus Mojsisovics 1888
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Invalid names: Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) hersheyi Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites cornutus Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites emmonsi Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites humboldtensis Hyatt and Smith 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available