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Columbisculites maclearni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae

Taxonomy
Columbisculites maclearni was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 33283 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10732, Cameron Hill, Alaska Highway, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Columbisculites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Columbisculites maclearni Tozer p. 133 figs. Pl. 45, fig. 11a,b; text-fig 32f
2002Columbisculites maclearni Bucher p. 283 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 19-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPtychitaceaeMojsisovics 1882
familyIsculitidae
genusColumbisculites
speciesmaclearni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height414.0--14.0-
shell diameter428.325.033.527.73.63
shell inflation40.001--0.001-

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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Canada (British Columbia) Columbisculites maclearni (114653 type locality: 114654)