Marl pit near Swedesboro: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, New Jersey
collected by O. C. Marsh
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 75.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° North, 45.2° 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 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Matawan | Formation: | Marshalltown |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
| Collectors: | O. C. Marsh |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109662 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-20 06:51:37 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 11:02:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-20 06:51:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12634. | E. D. Cope. 1868. On some Cretaceous Reptilia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:233-242 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 34597 | E. D. Cope. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:250-266 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] | |
| 58984 | E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Carrano] | |
| 11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 62802 | H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. In H. G. Richards (ed.), The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 36230 | ETE | D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] |