Blackwood Terrace (New Egypt Fm.): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites ovatus (Say 1820)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura pennata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia halli Gabb 1860
recombined as Euspira halli
Gyrodes abyssinus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea vulgaris
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea nasuta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
Exogyra cf. costata (Say 1820)
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia mortoni
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Choristothyris plicata
Polychaeta
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Catopygus williamsi Clark 1907
recombined as Catopygus (Oolopygus) williamsi
Chondrichthyes - Batoidea
Batoidea indet.
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus sp. Egerton 1843
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus (Pycnodus) phaseolus (Hay 1899)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Gloucester
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 50.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Monmouth Formation:New Egypt
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray,green sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: gray-green poorly sorted clayey glaucontitic sand with small quartz pebbles
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:124937
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-29 08:14:54 Last modified:2021-02-19 08:10:23
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-29 08:14:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39861. W. B. Gallagher. 1984. Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region. Part II: Cretaceous to Quartenary. The Mosasaur 2:9-43 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Carrano]