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Procolumbites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

Taxonomy
Procolumbites was named by Astachova (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Procolumbites karataucicus.

It was assigned to Paranannitidae by Kummel (1969); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Columbitidae by Tozer (1981), Zakharov and Popov (2014) and Ji et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Procolumbites Astachova
1969Procolumbites Kummel
1981Procolumbites Tozer p. 92
2002Procolumbites Sepkoski
2014Procolumbites Zakharov and Popov p. 7
2015Procolumbites Ji et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyColumbitidaeSpath 1934
genusProcolumbitesAstachova 1960

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.

G. †Procolumbites Astachova 1960
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Procolumbites karataucicus Astachova 1968
Procolumbites safraensis Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
Procolumbites subquadratus Zakharov 1968
Procolumbites ussuriensis Zakharov 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1910.66.0017.011.02.08
shell diameter1933.617.047.534.06.35
shell inflation1914.87.0019.515.53.14

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: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Oman P. safraensis (127433)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Columbites ussuriensis (47253 47291 47293 47316 47317 47320) Columbites ussuriensis, P. subquadratus (47295) P. subquadratus (47294)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Idaho) P. karataucicus (109408 109409 109411 123896 123897)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan Columbites parisianus (186959 186963)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Anhui) P. sp. (216988)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Kazakhstan P. karataucikus (213181)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation P. subquadratus (151082)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Kazakhstan P. karatauchicus (72331 72422) P. karataucicus (72332)