Emil Novak Farm (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lumberton

Where: Burlington County, New Jersey (40.0° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 49.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Navesink Formation (Monmouth Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic, green marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G.R. Case

Collection methods: salvage,

• fossils found "in spoil heaps piled up by a bulldozer excavating for an irrigation pond"

Primary reference: D. Baird and G. R. Case. 1966. Rare marine reptiles from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1211-1215 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99138: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 28.10.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
ssp. lata
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp. Buckland 1838 chimaera
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Prionochelys nauta Zangerl 1953 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Halisaurus platyspondylus Marsh 1869 mosasaur
PU 18818 (now at YPM)
Mosasaurus conodon Cope 1881 mosasaur
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus sp. Forir 1887
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883