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Grossouvria colfaxi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites colfaxii was named by Gabb (1870). Its type specimen is MCZ 5287 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Railroad cut at sta. 2777, sec. 53, one mile west of Colfax, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Colfax Formation of California.

It was recombined as Perisphinctes colfaxi by Hyatt (1894); it was recombined as Grossouvria colfaxi by Imlay (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ammonites colfaxii Gabb pp. 7, 8 figs. pi. 4, fig. 2 [and v. 4, pi. 16]
1894Perisphinctes colfaxi Hyatt pp. 424, 425
1961Grossouvria colfaxi Imlay pp. D-22 figs. Plate 2, figure 29; plate 3, figures 13-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudoperisphinctinaeSchindewolf 1925
genusGrossouvria()
speciescolfaxi()

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.

†Grossouvria colfaxi Gabb 1870
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Diagnosis
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