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Franchia tlisiense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Franchia tlisiense was named by Besnosov (1993). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 115/1272 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tlisi, Dagestan (upper Tsudakhar Formation), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Tsudakhar Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Franchia tlisiense Besnosov p. 113 figs. Pl 13, fig 4; pl 14, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
genusFranchia(Sturani 1967)
speciestlisiense

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.

†Franchia tlisiense Besnosov 1993
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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: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Franchia tlisiense (type locality: 188432 188433)