near Freehold: Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by S. Lockwood
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes conodon n. sp.
Cope 1881
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Mosasaurus conodon | ||||||||||
AMNH 1380 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 74.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 49.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | S. Lockwood |
Metadata
Database number: | 155702 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Tennant, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-04-25 09:41:43 | Last modified: | 2021-02-19 10:56:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-25 09:41:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53320. | E. D. Cope. 1881. A new Clidastes from New Jersey. American Naturalist 15:587-588 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
54671 | W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |