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Columboceras inflatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae

Taxonomy
Columboceras inflatum was named by Bucher (2002). Its type specimen is GSC 101814 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-209952, Milepost 375 east, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Columboceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Columboceras inflatum Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderCeratitinaHyatt 1884
familyAcrochordiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusColumboceras
speciesinflatum

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.

Columboceras inflatum Bucher 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.40
shell diameter121.0
shell inflation15.50

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Aegean or 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Canada (British Columbia) Columboceras inflatum (type locality: 114655)