Medford Farms: Thanetian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris splendens (Morton 1841)
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia tumidula Clark 1801
unclassified
Polorthus tibialis
Cavoscala annulata
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia tumidula Clark 1891
recombined as Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Coscinopleuridae
Coscinopleura digitata
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia rotula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
? Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
Gryphaea dissimilaris
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca quindecemradiata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Kummelia mortoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cf. knappi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix cf. ovata (Rogers and Rogers 1837)
recombined as Pitar (Pitar) ovatus
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Scalpellum conradi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum mortoni Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Pennatulacea
Graphularia ambigua
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria zippei
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Burlington
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 74.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 55.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rancocas Formation:Vincentown
Stratigraphy comments: Vincentown Fm= Thanetian (Owens and Sohl 1973)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "light gray limesand"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:124966
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-03-01 12:29:16 Last modified:2017-08-29 17:09:49
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-01 12:29:16
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]

Secondary references:

62903 J. P. Owens and N. F. Sohl. 1973. Glauconites from New Jersey - Maryland coastal plain: their K-Ar ages and application in stratigraphic studies. Geological Society America Bulletin 84:2811-2838 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]