Brock Mountain, north end and west side (Juvavites subzone) (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.5° N, 53.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hosselkus Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• Zone of Tropites subbullatus; Juvavites subzone according to Smith, 1927

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.04.2013, edited by Catherine Powers

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Klamathitidae
Klamathites kellyi Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Sagenites dickersoni n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) intermittens Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) edgari Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) damesi Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
"Juvavites (Anatomites) strongi n. sp." = Projuvavites strongi
"Juvavites (Anatomites) strongi n. sp." = Projuvavites strongi Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
"Discotropites gemmellaroi" = Discotropites smithi Kutassy 1933 ceratite
Discotropites theron Dittmar 1866 ceratite
"Discotropites empedoclis" = Discotropites plinii Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Microtropites tubercularis Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
"Tropites boehmi n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni Smith 1927 ceratite
"Tropites traski n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites welleri n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites schellwieni n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites keili Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Tropites morani n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites rothpletzi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites wodani Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Tropites hessi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites arthaberi Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites rotatorius n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites stearnsi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae
Metasibirites modestus n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Metasibirites mojsvarensis n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Metasibirites shastensis n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia madisonensis n. sp. Smith 1927 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Halobia ornatissima" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia) ornatissima Smith 1927 oyster
Halobia superba Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia cordillerana Smith 1927 oyster
Halobia gigantea Smith 1927 oyster
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus californicus Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily