Monmouth Brooks (Atlantochelys mortoni type locality): Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by Mr. Gregory Harpel 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Desmatochelyidae
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Atlantochelys mortoni n. gen., n. sp.
Agassiz 1849
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| ANSP 9234 & NJSM GP23363, a right humerus in two halves | ||||||||||
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Protostega neptunia n. sp.
Cope 1872
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Cope 1872 | |||||||||
| synonym of Atlantochelys mortoni | ||||||||||
| ANSP 9234 & NJSM GP23363, a right humerus in two halves | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus ferox
Leidy 1855
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| NJSM GP23437 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra cancellata
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| NJSM GP23434 | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| NJSM GP23435 | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella americana
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| NJSM GP23436 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 74.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.7° North, 45.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Monmouth | Formation: | Mount Laurel |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Mr. Gregory Harpel | Collection dates: | 2012 |
| Collection method comments: New Jersey State Museum | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 190541 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-11 08:16:42 | Last modified: | 2020-08-17 11:37:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-11 08:16:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64071. | D. C. Parris, J. P. Schein, E. B. Daeschler, E. S. Gilmore, J. C. Poole and R. A. Pellegrini. 2014. Two halves make a Holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 163(1):85-89 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 64656 | E. D. Cope. 1872. A description of the genus Protostega, a form of extinct Testudinata. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):422-433 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |