Ceratites whitneyi locality (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 41.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP), but the specimen has been missing since before 1900.

Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142627: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida -
Ceratites whitneyi n. sp. Gabb 1864 ceratite