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Pleurofrechites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pleurofrechites Tozer p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusPleurofrechites

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.

G. †Pleurofrechites Tozer 1994
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Pleurofrechites arcticus Mojsisovics 1886
Pleurofrechites johnstoni Silberling and Nichols 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1924.520.529.824.04.70
shell diameter1929.814.263.530.811.5
shell inflation1910.68.9014.69.103.23

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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) P. subsidens (44151)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) P. lineatus (139515 139557 139560 139561 139562 139563) P. subsidens (139053 139558)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Canada (British Columbia) P. fellersi (137681 139514)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Canada (Alberta) P. fellersi (141639)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48USA (Nevada) Frechites johnstoni (143020 143042 143276 143279)