Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Synonyms: Columbites consanguineus Smith 1932, Columbites ligatus Smith 1932, Columbites minimus Smith 1932, Columbites ornatus Smith 1932, Columbites spencei Smith 1914
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Columbites according to A. Brayard et al. 2019
See also Bando and Shimoyama 1974, Ehiro et al. 2016, Guex et al. 2010, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Jenks et al. 2013, Kummel 1969, Smith 1914, Spath 1934 and Zharnikova 1985
Sister taxa: Columbites contractus, Columbites costatus, Columbites crassicostatus, Columbites dolnapaensis, Columbites isabellae, Columbites tenuicostatus
Type specimens:
- Columbites parisianus: Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
- Columbites consanguineus:
- Columbites ligatus:
- Columbites minimus:
- Columbites ornatus:
- Columbites spencei: Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Japan (2 collections), Kazakhstan (3), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (15: Idaho), Vietnam (1)
Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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