Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Alternative combination: Columbites perrinismithi
Synonyms: Columbites asymmetricus Chao 1959, Columbites europaeusperrinismithi Renz and Renz 1948, Columbites mirditensis Arthaber 1911, Subcolumbites kwangsianus Chao 1959, Subcolumbites mirditensis Arthaber 1911
Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1908. Ueber die Entdeckung von Untertrias in Albanien und ihre faunistische Bewertung. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1:245-289
Belongs to Subcolumbites according to D. Germani 1997
See also Arthaber 1908, Bando and Shimoyama 1974, Guo 1982, Kummel 1968, Kummel 1969, Renz and Renz 1948, Spath 1930 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Subcolumbites chaohuensis, Subcolumbites chaoxianensis, Subcolumbites dusmani, Subcolumbites europaeus, Subcolumbites minutus, Subcolumbites robustus
Type specimens:
- Subcolumbites perrinismithi: Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania
- Columbites asymmetricus:
- Columbites europaeusperrinismithi:
- Columbites mirditensis:
- Subcolumbites kwangsianus:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.2
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Albania (2), China (4), Greece (3), Iran (1), Japan (4), United States (2: Idaho)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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