Big Brook (Navesink) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Navesink Formation (Monmouth Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, micaceous, black, green claystone

• "micaceous greenish-black glauconitic clay"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Bukowski. 1980. Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey and Delaware. Earth Science 33(2):55-60 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57915: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 06.01.2006, edited by Mark Uhen, Matthew Carrano and Carrie Schweitzer

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica2 demosponge
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa mortoni Rathbun 1935 decapod
Protocallianassa mortoni4 Rathbun 1935 decapod
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Costadromia hajzeri1 Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019 crab
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.4 Linnaeus 1758
 Serpulimorpha -
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.4 Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata2 Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
"Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta4 Gabb 1860 oyster
Agerostrea mesenterica2 Morton 1834 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima pelagica" = Lima (Lima) pelagica4
"Lima pelagica" = Lima (Lima) pelagica4 Morton 1833 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp.2 Conrad 1860 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.2 Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Cimoliasaurus magnus4 Leidy 1851 elasmosaur
 Ornithischia -
Ankylosauria indet. ankylosaur
scute
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurus sp.4 Leidy 1858 hadrosaurine
 Theropoda -
? Dryptosaurus sp.4 Marsh 1877 coelurosaur
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Peritresius ornatus3 Leidy 1856 turtle
PU 21709
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet.4 Gervais 1852 mosasaur
Halisaurus platyspondylus3 Marsh 1869 mosasaur
Mosasaurus sp.4 Parkinson 1822 mosasaur
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Megalocoelacanthus dobiei5 Schwimmer et al. 1994 coelacanth
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus sp.2 Woodward 1889 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira2 Leidy 1856 ray
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaridae indet.4 Gray 1825 pencil urchin