Also known as Crosswicks Creek
Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 44.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marshalltown Formation (Matawan Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified, pebbly, sideritic, intraclastic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: B. S. Grandstaff, D. C. Parris, R. K. Denton, Jr. and W. B. Gallagher. 1992. Alphadon (Marsupialia) and Multituberculata (Allotheria) in the Cretaceous of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):217-222 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14455: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Patricia Holroyd, Philip Mannion and Kaitlin Maguire
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Albula sp." = Polinices
"Albula sp." = Polinices Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ischyodus bifurcatus Case 1978 plownose chimaera | |
"Rhombodus laevis" = Rhombodus levis
"Rhombodus laevis" = Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975 stingray | |
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942 eagle ray | |
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Pseudohypolophus sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 guitarfish | |
Ptychotrygon vermiculata, "Ptychotrygon hooveri" = Texatrygon hooveri
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975 ray
"Ptychotrygon hooveri" = Texatrygon hooveri McNulty and Slaughter 1972 ray | |
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray | |
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929 angel shark | |
"Ginglymostoma globidens" = Plicatoscyllium globidens9
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Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini, Cretodus arcuata
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
Cretodus arcuata mackerel shark | |
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark "C. appendiculata lata"
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Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
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"Synodontaspis holmdelensis" = Carcharias holmdelensis, "Odontaspis samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri
"Synodontaspis holmdelensis" = Carcharias holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
"Odontaspis samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
Lissodus (Lonchidion) sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon | |
Mammalia | |
Cimolodontidae indet. Marsh 1889 multituberculate | |
cf. Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972 multituberculate | |
"Alphadon lulli" = Protalphadon lulli
"Alphadon lulli" = Protalphadon lulli Clemens 1966 metatherian | |
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Reptilia | |
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cf. Haptosphenus sp. Estes 1964 squamates | |
cf. Halisaurus sp. Marsh 1869 mosasaur | |
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cf. Odaxosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
Ornithopoda indet. ornithopod | |
Hadrosauridae indet.9 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid NJSM 11365, 14036, 14163, 14510, 12703, 13771, 13089, 14229, 14582, 14514, 13086, 12133, 13932, 12134, 14266, 14201, 13897, 13104, 14590, 14227, 14228, 14387, 13090, 12713, 15058
Hadrosaurus sp. Leidy 1858 hadrosaurine | |
Theropoda indet., Ornithomimosauria indet.3, Coelosaurus sp.6, Tyrannosauroidea indet.3, cf. Dryptosaurus sp.3, cf. Dryptosaurus sp.9
Tyrannosauroidea indet.3 Walker 1964 coelurosaur incl. two tooth morphotypes, NJSM 14682, 16601, 14682
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cf. Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911 crocodilian numerous specimens, mostly broken teeth and scutes, NJSM
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"Bothremys barberi" = Chedighaii barberi
"Bothremys barberi" = Chedighaii barberi Schmidt 1940 sideneck turtle NJSM 12704–12707, 12718 (Gallagher, Parris, and Spamer, 1986: 25); identification confirmed by Gaffney et al. 2006
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Amphibia | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Amia cf. fragosa Jordan 1927 bowfin | |
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
cf. Platacodon sp. Marsh 1889 | |
Enchodus ferox9 Leidy 1855 | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
Anomoeodus phaseolus9 Hay 1899 |