Frankites is an extinct genus of cephalopod from the Triassic

Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...

 period included in the Trachyceratidae

Trachyceratidae

The Trachyceratidae is a family of ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Middle- and Late Triassic characterized by shells that are more or less involute and highly ornamented....

, a family of mostly evolute ammonites, coiled so as all whorls are showing, and commonly ornamented with felxious, tuburculate ribs. Related genera include Anolcites

Anolcites

Anolcites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus 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 cross the venter. The shell is basically evolute and highly...

, Daxatina, and Trachyceras.

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