''Frankites'' is an extinct genus of cephalopods from the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

period included in the

Trachyceratidae The Trachyceratidae is an extinct family of ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods. The Trachyceratidae makes up part of the superfamily Trachyceratoidea along with such families as the Buchitidae, Distichitidae, Dronovitidae and Noridiscitidae. ...

, a family of mostly evolute ammonites, coiled so as all whorls are showing, and commonly ornamented with flexious, tuberculate ribs. Related genera include ''

Anolcites ''Anolcites'' is a genus of extinct ammonoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic belonging to the ceratitid family Trachyceratidae. Specifically ''Anolcites'' is a middle Triassic trachyceriatid with no distinct ventral furrow and ribs that cro ...

'', ''

Daxatina ''Daxatina'' is a fossil ammonoid cephalopod included in the trachyceratid family of the order Ceratitida Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as well as ancestral forms from the Upper P ...

'', and ''

Trachyceras ''Trachyceras'' is a genus belonging to the extinct subclass of cephalopods known as ammonites. Specifically it belongs in the order Ceratitida Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as we ...

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

References

Frankites -Paleobio
Trachyceratidae Ceratitida genera Triassic ammonites Fossils of British Columbia Fossils of Italy {{Ceratitida-stub