Frankites
| Frankites Temporal range: Triassic
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | Cephalopoda
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| Genus: | Frankites 1971
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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 .
Frankites has been found in Nevada, British Columbia, China, India, and Italy with a variety of other ceratitid ammonites.
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- Trachyceratidae
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- Triassic ammonites
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- Fossils of Italy
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