Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.2° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 57.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Manasquan Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91759: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus johnsoni mussel | |
Ostrea bryani oyster | |
Pecten "sp. B" Müller 1776 scallop | |
Cardium nucleolum cockle | |
Pitar vetus venus clam | |
Etea delawarensis clam | |
Crassatella "sp. C" Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria" brittoni snail | |
""Pleurotoma" farmingdalensis" = Turris
""Pleurotoma" farmingdalensis" = Turris turrid | |
Caricella plicata volute | |
Turritella "sp. M" Lamarck 1799 turret shell |