Tropites brockensis 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 Tropites according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Tropites (Paratropites), Tropites acutangulus, Tropites arthaberi, Tropites bufonis, Tropites dieneri, Tropites dilleri, Tropites discobullatus, Tropites ehrlichi, Tropites fusobullatus, Tropites hessi, Tropites involutus, Tropites izardi, Tropites kalapanicus, Tropites keili, Tropites keiliformis, Tropites kellyi, Tropites mojsvarensis, Tropites morani, Tropites morloti, Tropites payeri, Tropites reticulatus, Tropites rotatorius, Tropites rothpletzi, Tropites schellwieni, Tropites shastensis, Tropites stantoni, Tropites stearnsi, Tropites subbullatus, Tropites torquillus, Tropites ursensis, Tropites welleri, Tropites wodani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bear Cove, north end and east side of Brock Mountain, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bear Cove, north end and east side of Brock Mountain

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