Where: Gloucester County, New Jersey (39.9° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 56.4° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vincentown Formation (Rancocas Group), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Vincentown Fm of the Rancocas Gp. AGE: Paleocene, according to Cooke (1959); Danian, according to more recent sources. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Meek; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: F.P. Meek. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155898: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.05.2014, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris splendens n. sp.
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Tylocidaris walcotti n. sp.
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Holaster cinctus n. sp.
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Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus Clark 1891 heart urchin | |
Hemiaster parastatus n. sp., Hemiaster stella n. sp.
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Gauthieria speciosa n. sp.
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Salenia tumidula n. sp.
Salenia tumidula n. sp. Clark 1801 sea urchin | |
Echinopsis diatreta Morton 1833 sea urchin |