Locality 4810, Chitistone River (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (61.4° N, 142.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 71.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• Juvavites subzone

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F.H. Moffit, S.R. Capps; 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 33401: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 29.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Margarites moffiti n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite