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Badouxia columbiae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Psiloceras (Curviceras) columbiae was named by Frebold (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 19925, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Badouxia columbiae by Taylor (2000), Taylor and Guex (2002), Longridge et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. canadense, B. mexicana, B. reissi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Psiloceras (Curviceras) columbiae Frebold p. 20 figs. Pl 1, fig 10; pl 2, figs 1-5; pl 3, fig 2; text-fig 5
2000Badouxia columbiae Taylor figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6
2002Badouxia columbiae Taylor and Guex figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7
2006Badouxia columbiae Longridge et al. p. 808 figs. Pl 4; text-figs 10I-J, 11G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyPsiloceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusBadouxiaGuex and Taylor 1976
speciescolumbiae()

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.

†Badouxia columbiae Frebold 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height6717.46.70102.116.519.0
shell diameter6745.017.6220.045.039.6
shell inflation6715.26.0047.814.98.28

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Bucklandi or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Sinemurian205.7 - 192.9Austria Badouxia columbiae (195482)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Badouxia columbiae (157446)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Psiloceras columbiae (53472)
Angulata - Bucklandi201.4 - 192.9USA (Nevada) Badouxia columbiae (42871 157492)
Angulata - Bucklandi201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Psiloceras columbiae (157530)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Badouxia columbiae (53126)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9USA (Alaska) Badouxia columbiae (68729) Badouxia sp. (68727)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Badouxia columbiae (157455 157456 157457 157458 157459 157461 157462 157463 157464 157465 157466 157467 157470 157471 157472 157473 157474 157475 157476 157477 157481 157482 157483 157484 157485 157486 157489 157490) Psiloceras columbiae (157452 157453 157454 157460 157468 157469 157478 157479 157480 157488 157517 157519 157520 157521 157523 157525 157526 157533) Psiloceras columbiae, Psiloceras canadense (157487)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9USA (Oregon) Badouxia columbiae (157630)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9USA (Nevada) Badouxia columbiae (157495) Badouxia occidentalis (157496)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Badouxia columbiae (53623)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Badouxia columbiae (4884 53625)