Swedesboro (Matawan) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Gloucester County, New Jersey (39.7° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 44.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Matawan Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• probably Matawan Group - Marshalltown Fm?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the ANSP

Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. In H. G. Richards (ed.), The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167779: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
ANSP 1000–10002, femur
"Hadrosaurus" minor Marsh 1870 hadrosaurid
YPM 1587