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