Where: Burlington County, New Jersey (39.9° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 55.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vincentown Formation (Rancocas Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Vincentown Fm= Thanetian (Owens and Sohl 1973)
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: salvage,
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 124966: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Scalpellum conradi barnacle | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877 volute | |
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? Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaea dissimilaris oyster | |
"Meretrix cf. ovata" = Pitar (Pitar) ovatus
"Meretrix cf. ovata" = Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837 venus clam | |
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Cardium cf. knappi cockle | |
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Kummelia mortoni clam | |
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Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
| Gymnolaemata | |
| Polychaeta | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
"Linthia tumidula" = Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus
"Linthia tumidula" = Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus Clark 1891 heart urchin | |
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Salenia tumidula Clark 1801 sea urchin | |
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Cidaris splendens Morton 1841 pencil urchin | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Flabellum mortoni Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
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Graphularia ambigua sea pen | |
| Nodosariata | |