Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Parent taxon: Dinaritoidea according to A. Brayard et al. 2019
See also Ehiro et al. 2016, Shigeta and Nguyen 2014, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Hellenitidae, Kazakhstanitidae, Keyserlingitidae, Khvalynitidae, Olenikitidae, Paragoceratidae, Sibiritidae, Stephanitidae, Tirolitidae
Subtaxa: Columbites Glabercolumbites Idahocolumbites Marcouxia Neocolumbites Paradinarites Procolumbites Pseudharpoceras Rudolftruempyiceras Subcolumbites Subfengshanites Tardicolumbites Yvesgalleticeras
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Albania (5), China (15), Greece (6), Iran (1), Japan (19), Kazakhstan (5), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (57), United States (45: Idaho, Utah), Vietnam (11)
Total: 167 collections including 254 occurrences