Hurffville: Late/Upper Paleocene, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° North, 56.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vincentown | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originally described as a Late Cretaceous occurrence by Cope and Hay | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hurffsville | ||
| Database number: | 82001 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-20 11:15:43 | Last modified: | 2018-06-11 06:22:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-20 11:15:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 787. | R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 39385 | N.-E. Jalil, F. d. Lapparent de Broin, N. Bardet, R. Vacant, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz, and S. Meslouh. 2009. Euclastes acutirostris, a new species of littoral turtle (Cryptodira, Cheloniidae) from the Palaeocene phosphates of Morocco (Oulad Abdoun Basin, Danian-Thanetian). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8:447-459 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |