Ellisdale Site: Late/Upper Campanian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Albula sp.
Röding 1798
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synonym of Polinices | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Romer 1942
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus laevis
Cappetta and Case 1975
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corrected as Rhombodus levis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Lissodus (Lonchidion) sp.
Brough 1935
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina hassei
Leriche 1929
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Chondrichthyes
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Batomorphii indet.
Cappetta 1980
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"unnamed freshwater ray" | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudohypolophus sp.
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon hooveri
McNulty and Slaughter 1972
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recombined as Texatrygon hooveri | ||||||||||
Ptychotrygon vermiculata
Cappetta 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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cf. Sclerorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
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= ? Sclerorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma sp.
Müller and Henle 1838
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= Ginglymostoma globidens
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis samhammeri
Cappetta and Case 1975
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recombined as Carcharias samhammeri | ||||||||||
Synodontaspis holmdelensis
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocoracidae
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Pseudocorax granti
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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cf. Paranomotodon angustidens
(Reuss 1845)
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= Paranomotodon cf. angustidens
Reuss 1845
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Cretodus arcuata
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Cretodus borodini
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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recombined as Protolamna borodini | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
"C. appendiculata lata" | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus bifurcatus
Case 1978
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
cf. Scotiophryne sp.
Estes 1969
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
cf. Theatonius sp.
Fox 1976
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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Denton and O'Neill 1998 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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= Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton sp.
Auffenberg 1961
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= cf. Opisthotriton sp.
Auffenberg 1961
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 14207 | ||||||||||
= Parrisia neocesariensis n. gen., n. sp.
Denton and O'Neill 1998
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Denton and O'Neill 1998 | |||||||||
Prodesmodon sp.
Estes 1964
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= Salamandridae indet.
Gray 1825
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
= Parrisia neocesariensis
Denton and O'Neill 1998
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Denton and O'Neill 1998 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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cf. Habrosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
cf. Proamphiuma sp.
Estes 1969
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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cf. Cimolomys clarki
Sahni 1972
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodontidae indet.
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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cf. Didelphodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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Grandstaff et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Alphadon lulli
Clemens 1966
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recombined as Protalphadon lulli | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus beatus
(Leidy 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NJSM 12711 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Trionyx halophila
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 12464 | ||||||||||
= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Corsochelys sp.
Zangerl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NJSM 14600 | ||||||||||
Bothremys barberi
(Schmidt 1940)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chedighaii barberi | ||||||||||
NJSM 12704–12707, 12718 (Gallagher, Parris, and Spamer, 1986: 25); identification confirmed by Gaffney et al. 2006 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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cf. Halisaurus sp.
Marsh 1869
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Reptilia
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Lacertilia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Gallagher 1993 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
NJSM 14210, 14525, 14211, 14599, 14302 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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? Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 14209 | ||||||||||
cf. Machaerosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Denton and O'Neill 1993 | |||||||||
cf. Odaxosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Glyptosaurinae indet.
Marsh 1872
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Denton and O'Neill 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Globauridae
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Contogenys sp.
Estes 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= ? Contogenys sp.
Estes 1969
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 14205 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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cf. Haptosphenus sp.
Estes 1964
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Chamops sp.
Marsh 1892
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43 specimens | |||||||||
= Prototeius stageri n. gen., n. sp.
Denton and O'Neill 1995
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Denton and O'Neill 1995 | |||||||||
NJSM 15668 | ||||||||||
Leptochamops sp.
Estes 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Prototeius stageri
Denton and O'Neill 1995
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Denton and O'Neill 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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cf. Leidyosuchus sp.
Lambe 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Leidyosuchus sp.
Lambe 1907
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 13099, 14598 | ||||||||||
= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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8 specimens | |||||||||
= aff. Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 14506, 14190, 14221–5, 14580 | ||||||||||
cf. Brachychampsa sp.
Gilmore 1911
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numerous specimens, mostly broken teeth and scutes, NJSM | ||||||||||
Diplocynodon sp.
Pomel 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
NJSM 14597, 14363 | ||||||||||
Deinosuchus sp.
Holland 1909
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5 specimens | |||||||||
= Deinosuchus rugosus
Emmons 1858
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
original and current combination Polyptchodon rugosus | ||||||||||
NJSM 10854, 12463, 13772, 13933, 13929 | ||||||||||
cf. Deinosuchus rugosus
(Emmons 1858)
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Brownstein 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Polyptchodon rugosus | ||||||||||
NJSM 16568 | ||||||||||
Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Gallagher 1993 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
cf. Edmontosaurus sp.
Lambe 1917
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 12132 | ||||||||||
Hadrosaurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Hypsibema crassicauda
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
NJSM 12702 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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6 specimens | |||||||||
NJSM 14434, 14504, 14236, 13096 (w/bite marks), 15319, 16623 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae informal indet. A
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Brownstein 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
NJSM 14158, 16611 | ||||||||||
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. B
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Brownstein 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 14404 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Ornithomimosauria indet.
(Barsbold 1976)
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Brownstein 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 14686 | ||||||||||
Coelosaurus sp.
Leidy 1865
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Denton and Gallagher 1989 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Ornithomimosauria | ||||||||||
Tyrannosauroidea indet.
Walker 1964
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Brownstein 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
incl. two tooth morphotypes, NJSM 14682, 16601, 14682 | ||||||||||
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
(Cope 1866)
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Dryptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Grandstaff et al. 1992 | |||||||||
= cf. Dryptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
NJSM 13087, 12436, 13095, 13734, 14158, 14404 | ||||||||||
cf. Dryptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Brownstein 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
two tooth morphotypes, NJSM 12436, 13734 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Anomoeodus sp.
Forir 1887
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= Anomoeodus phaseolus
Hay 1899
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Atractosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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= Atractosteus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia cf. fragosa
Jordan 1927
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus petrosus
Cope 1874
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= Enchodus ferox
Leidy 1855
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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cf. Platacodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 74.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° North, 44.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Altitude: | 110 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Campanian | *Local age/stage: | Judithian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Matawan | Formation: | Marshalltown |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly,sideritic,intraclastic unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "normally not lithified... coarser sandy layer... characterized by siderite clay pebbles" | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: "estuarine channel... storm deposit" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Size sorting: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:locality is very close to the triple junction of Monmouth, Burlington, and Mercer counties: see Gallagher et al. 1986KA date of 71.6 +/- 1.35 on glauconite is rejected by the authors because glauconite dates often are anomalously young |
Metadata
Also known as: | Crosswicks Creek | ||
Database number: | 14455 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, K. Maguire, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-09-07 15:43:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1691. | 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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
66642 | C. D. Brownstein. 2018. The distinctive theropod assemblage of the Ellisdale site of New Jersey and its implications for North American dinosaur ecology and evolution during the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 92(6):1115-1129 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
68806 | C. D. Brownstein. 2019. First Record of a Small Juvenile Giant Crocodyliform and its Ontogenetic and Biogeographic Implications. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 60(1):81-90 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
85762 | R. Denton, R. C. O'Neill, D. Parris and B. Grandstaff. 2004. The appearance of Atlantic coastal storms, evidence from the Ellisdale dinosaur site, Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of New Jersey. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 36(2):117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
26916 | R. K. Denton and R. C. O'Neill. 1995. Prototeius stageri, gen. et sp. nov., a new teiid lizard from the Upper Cretaceous Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey, with a preliminary phylogenetic revision of the Teiidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):235-253 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
10535 | R. K. Denton, Jr. 1990. A revision of the theropod Dryptosaurus (Laelaps) aquilunguis (Cope 1869). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3, suppl.):20A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] | |
10522 | R. K. Denton, Jr. and W. Gallagher. 1989. Dinosaurs of the Ellisdale site, Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of New Jersey. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):18A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14702 | ETE | R. K. Denton, Jr. and R. C. O'Neill. 1993. "Precocious" squamates from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey, including the earliest record of a North American iguanian. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3, suppl.):32A-33A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
6959 | R. K. Denton, Jr. and R. C. O'Neill. 1998. Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):484-494 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
27976 | E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
10528 | W. B. Gallagher. 1989. Comparative taphonomy of bone concentrations in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):22A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
54671 | W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
1580 | ETE | W. B. Gallagher, D. C. Parris, and E. E. Spamer. 1986. Paleontology, biostratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in the New Jersey coastal plain. The Mosasaur 3:1-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
1692 | B. S. Grandstaff, W. B. Gallagher, K. Shannon and D. C. Parris. 2000. New discoveries of Late Cretaceous mammals in eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):46A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
10529 | B. S. Grandstaff and D. C. Parris. 1989. Juvenile turtles in the Ellisdale Local Fauna: Campanian of New Jersey. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):23A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14709 | ETE | B. S. Grandstaff and D. C. Parris. 1993. Distribution of taxa in an estuarine fauna from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Ellisdale Site). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3, suppl.):38A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
32617 | ETE | J. I. Kirkland and S. K. Madsen. 2007. The Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Eastern Utah: the view up an always interesting learning curve. Utah Geological Association Publication 35 1-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
10530 | D. C. Parris and B. S. Grandstaff. 1989. Nonmarine microvertebrates of the Ellisdale Local Fauna: Campanian of New Jersey. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):35A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
85047 | D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |