Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana Imlay 1953 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1953. Callovian (Jurassic) ammonites from the United States and Alaska Part 2. Alaska Peninsula and Cook Inlet regions. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 249-B:41-108

Belongs to Oppelia (Oxycerites) according to R. W. Imlay 1953

Sister taxa: Oxycerites (Alcidellus), Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Oxycerites aspidoides, Oxycerites besairiei, Oxycerites hersilia, Oxycerites orbis, Oxycerites oxus, Oxycerites rodoensis, Oxycerites subcostarius

Type specimen: USNM 108018, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 3029, Iniskin Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 63.0

Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic 3029, Iniskin Bay

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