Oldmans Creek, NJ (Locality 4): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella encrinoides
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura pennata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella intermedia
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes petrosus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana bullata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea neglecta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima reticulata (Forbes 1845)
Plagiostoma erecta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys whitfieldi
Chlamys michellesmithi n. sp.
"michellesmithi n. ssp." Chlamys whitfieldi michellesmithi - originally entered as "Chlamys michellesmithi n. ssp."
Pecten quinquenarius
Camptonectes bellisculptus
Camptonectes burlingtonensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
cf. Vulsella monmouthensis
originally entered as "cf. Volsella monmouthensis"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata (Morton 1827)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
Exogyra ponderosa
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella armata Morton 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella trapezoidea
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria excavata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium tenuistriatum
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea descisa
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
cf. Nucula angulatum
originally entered as "cf. Nucula angulatum"
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
? Longitubus sp.
originally entered as "Longitubus? sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Gloucester
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 75.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 45.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marshalltown
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Locality 4"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandy,calcareous "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3877
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-11 07:21:53 Last modified:2022-04-21 07:49:05
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-11 07:21:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

259. M. R. Bernstein. 1988. Local invertebrate assemblages in the Upper Cretaceous Marshallton Formation along the valley of Oldmans Creek in southern New Jersey. Northeastern Geology 10(3):202-215 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]