N. J. Clay Products (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sayreville NJ

Where: New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 38.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raritan Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey. New Jersey Paleontology Series 61(2):1-237 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details

PaleoDB collection 6651: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia cretacea magnatuba Sowerby 1824 clam
Martesia cretacea magnatuba Richards
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina johnsoni venus clam
Aphrodina johnsoni Richards
 Solenida - Pharidae
? Leptosolen elongata clam
Leptosolen ? elongata Weller
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ? argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia argentaria ? Morton
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula howelli scallop
Plicatula howelli Richards
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
cf. Turritella jerseyensis turret shell
Turritella cf. jerseyensis Weller
Turritella bakeri turret shell
Turritella bakeri Richards