Saint George's Bridge East: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Delaware

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion babulskii Cappetta and Case 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma globidens Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Hypotodus aculeatus Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Odontaspis aculeatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon agustidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretolamna appendiculata lata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Plicatolamna arcuata (Woodward 1894)
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias samhammeri
Odontaspis holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudohypolophus sp. Cappetta and Case 1975
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Delaware County:New Castle
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 75.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 45.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Matawan Formation:Marshalltown
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,glauconitic,gray,green silty,sandy sandstone
Lithology description: Da rk gr e eni sh gr ay, highly gl auconi t i c , ve ry f ine s i l ty s and. I t ha s yi e lded mos a s aur , tur t l e , and hadros aur ma t e r i a l . I t cont a ins the mos t dive r s e f auna of sha rk ma t e r i a l . The r e a r e a l so abundant l a rge pe l e cypods . The forma t ion wa s depos i t ed in a sha l low, open ma r ine , pos s ibly embayed a r e a .
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:126810
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Shalap
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:2012-04-18 09:13:59 Last modified:2022-04-21 07:51:04
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-18 09:13:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41092. E. M. Lauginiger and E. F. Hartstein. 1983. A guide to fossil sharks, skates, and rays from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area, Delaware. Open File Report - Delaware Geological Survey 21:1-63 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]