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Columbusia fragilis
Taxonomy
Columbusia fragilis was named by Case et al. (2001). Its type specimen is CSUK97-2-48, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Entrance to Fort Benning, Interstate Highway 185, which is in a Santonian/Santonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Columbusia fragilis Case et al. p. 89 figs. Pl 2, figs 32-36; text-fig 3 |
| 2011 | Columbusia fragilis Bourdon et al. p. 11 figs. 6F-I |
| 2014 | Columbusia fragilis Cicimurri et al. p. 14 fig. 10 |
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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.
†Columbusia fragilis Case et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Columbusia fragilis (52037) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (Georgia) | Columbusia fragilis (type locality: 61769) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Mississippi) | Columbusia fragilis (275613) |