Columbites contractus Guo 1982 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

Full reference: P. X. Guo. 1982. On the occurrence of late Lower Triassic ammonoids from Anhui and Jiangsu. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:560-567

Belongs to Columbites according to P. X. Guo 1982

Sister taxa: Columbites crassicostatus, Columbites dolnapaensis, Columbites isabellae, Columbites parisianus, Columbites tenuicostatus

Type specimen: NIGP 20046. Its type locality is Zhushan, Jiangning (lower Spathian assemblage), which is in a Spathian basinal (carbonate) claystone in the Qinglong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.0

Distribution: found only at Zhushan, Jiangning (lower Spathian assemblage)

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