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Columbites parisianus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

Taxonomy

Columbites parisianus was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Columbites.

Synonyms

Columbites spencei was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Spath (1934), Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016) and Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites consanguineus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016) and Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites ligatus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016) and Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites ornatus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974), Guex et al. (2010), Ehiro et al. (2016) and Brayard et al. (2019).
Columbites minimus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Columbites parisianus by Kummel (1969), Bando and Shimoyama (1974) and Ehiro et al. (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Columbites parisianus Hyatt and Smith p. 51 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-14; pl 61, figs 1-21; pl 72, figs 1-24
1914	Columbites spencei Smith p. 36 figs. Pl 70, figs 1-16; pl 71, figs 1-16
1932	Columbites consanguineus Smith
1932	Columbites ligatus Smith
1932	Columbites minimus Smith
1932	Columbites ornatus Smith
1934	Columbites parisianus Spath
1969	Columbites parisianus Kummel
1974	Columbites parisianus Bando and Shimoyama p. 301 figs. Pl 40, figs 2,4,6,8; pl 41, figs 1,10; pl 42, figs 1,3
1985	Columbites parisianus Zharnikova p. 29 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 1a
2010	Columbites parisianus Guex et al. p. 30 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-7; pl 7, figs 1-4; pl 53, fig 5
2013	Columbites minimus Jenks et al. p. 275 figs. 10D-G
2013	Columbites parisianus Jenks et al. p. 275 figs. 9A-D,H-J,N
2016	Columbites parisianus Ehiro et al. p. 94 figs. 3.1-3.5
2019	Columbites parisianus Brayard et al. p. 21 figs. 5A-I, 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Dinaritoidea	(Mojsisovics 1882)
family	Columbitidae	Spath 1934
genus	Columbites
species	parisianus

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.

†Columbites parisianus Hyatt and Smith 1905

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Invalid names: Columbites consanguineus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites ligatus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites minimus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites ornatus Smith 1932 [synonym], Columbites spencei Smith 1914 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available