Locality 8848, Herring Bay, Admiralty Island (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.1° N, 134.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° S, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

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 33416: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 29.07.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Phloioceras sp. Hyatt 1884 nautiloid
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Juvavites subinterruptus Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites knowltoni Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
"Margarites cf. jokelyi" = Hoplotropites jokelyi
"Margarites cf. jokelyi" = Hoplotropites jokelyi Hauer 1855 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
Pinacoceras cf. rex von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
"Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) patens" = Discophyllites patens
"Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) patens" = Discophyllites patens von Mojsisovics 1873 ammonite