Margarites moffiti Smith 1927 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Margarites according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Hoplotropites auctus, Hoplotropites circumspinatus, Hoplotropites globosus, Hoplotropites intermedius, Hoplotropites jokelyi, Hoplotropites ladislai, Hoplotropites marii, Margarites septentrionalis, Margarites senilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 4810, Chitistone River, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Chitistone Formation of Alaska

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 4810, Chitistone River

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