Petersburg ( of the United States)

Where: New Jersey (39.3° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 66.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• greensand

Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84020: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis brachyodon Cope 1869 sawfish