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Columbites parisianus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

Taxonomy

Columbites parisianus was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Columbites.

Synonyms

Columbites spencei was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Spath (1934), Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016), Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites consanguineus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016), Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites ligatus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016), Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites ornatus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016), Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites minimus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Ehiro et al. (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Columbites parisianus Hyatt and Smith p. 51 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-14; pl 61, figs 1-21; pl 72, figs 1-24
1914	Columbites spencei Smith p. 36 figs. Pl 70, figs 1-16; pl 71, figs 1-16
1932	Columbites consanguineus Smith
1932	Columbites ligatus Smith
1932	Columbites minimus Smith
1932	Columbites ornatus Smith
1934	Columbites parisianus Spath
1969	Columbites parisianus Kummel
1974	Columbites parisianus Bando and Shimoyama p. 301 figs. Pl 40, figs 2,4,6,8; pl 41, figs 1,10; pl 42, figs 1,3
1985	Columbites parisianus Zharnikova p. 29 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 1a
2010	Columbites parisianus Guex et al. p. 30 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-7; pl 7, figs 1-4; pl 53, fig 5
2013	Columbites minimus Jenks et al. p. 275 figs. 10D-G
2013	Columbites parisianus Jenks et al. p. 275 figs. 9A-D,H-J,N
2016	Columbites parisianus Ehiro et al. p. 94 figs. 3.1-3.5
2019	Columbites parisianus Brayard et al. p. 21 figs. 5A-I, 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Dinaritoidea	(Mojsisovics 1882)
family	Columbitidae	Spath 1934
genus	Columbites
species	parisianus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Columbites parisianus Hyatt and Smith 1905

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Invalid names: Columbites consanguineus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites ligatus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites minimus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites ornatus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites spencei Smith 1914 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	14	6.10	4.00	10.0	5.50	2.27
shell diameter	14	21.0	13.0	34.0	19.2	7.66
shell inflation	14	10.2	6.50	16.0	9.00	3.63

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:33:06

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Vietnam	Columbites parisianus (44755)
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Kazakhstan	Columbites parisianus (72331 72332 72422)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation	Columbites parisianus (151082 151083)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Primorye)	Columbites parisianus (47289 47291)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Pakistan	Columbites minimus (102332)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Primorsky)	Columbites parisianus (213095)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	USA (Idaho)	Columbites minimus (109407 123898 150126 150130) Columbites parisianus (90300 109401 109402 109405 109406 150123 150136 202194 202195 202196) Columbites parisianus, Columbites spencei, Columbites consanguineus, Columbites ligatus, Columbites ornatus, Columbites minimus (type locality: 33319)