Green Sand, near Pemberton (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: New Jersey (40.0° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 34.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Taylor, Esq.

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1855. Indications of five species, with two new genera, of extinct Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:414 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132558: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 22.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis curvidens Leidy 1855 sawfish