Frankites

Frankites
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Subfamily: Anolcitinae
Genus: Frankites
Tozer, 1971

Frankites is an extinct genus of cephalopods from the Triassic period included in the Trachyceratidae, a family of mostly evolute ammonites, coiled so as all whorls are showing, and commonly ornamented with flexious, tuberculate ribs. Related genera include Anolcites, Daxatina, and Trachyceras.

Frankites has been found in Nevada, British Columbia, China, India, and Italy with a variety of other ceratitid ammonites.

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