Also known as Marlton
Where: Burlington County, New Jersey (39.9° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 52.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hornerstown Formation (Rancocas Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• upper part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. B. Gallagher. 1984. Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region. Part II: Cretaceous to Quartenary. The Mosasaur 2:9-43 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 124964: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea dissimilaris oyster | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Calcarea | |
Peronidella dichotoma Laube 1865 calcareous sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum mortoni Vaughan 1900 stony coral |