Pemberton Marl Company pit (Navesink): Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Liodon sectorius n. sp.
Cope 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Prognathodon sectorius | ||||||||||
| AMNH 1401 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Burlington |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 49.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Birmingham | ||
| Database number: | 167536 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-20 16:55:27 | Last modified: | 2021-02-19 10:56:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-20 16:55:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17161. | ETE | E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52 [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] |