Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 43.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Matawan Group, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• "Pebbly layer at base of Navesink Fm.(?)...This is probably Wenonah or Marshalltown Fm."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 167742: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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