Moffitites robustus Imlay 1959 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1959. New genera of early Cretaceous (Albian) Ammonites from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):179-185

Belongs to Moffitites according to D. L. Jones 1967

See also Imlay 1959 and Imlay 1960

Sister taxon: Moffitites crassus

Type specimen: USNM 129874, a shell. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 2191, which is in an Albian marginal marine shale/sandstone in the Kennicott Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 73.7

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (11: Alaska collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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