Hutchins farm, Hornerstown: Early/Lower Paleocene, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus williamsae
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon mantelli
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Hypolophodon sylvestris (White 1931)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Viperecucullus kuehnei n. gen., n. sp.
Hypolophites hutchinsi n. sp.
Dasyatis crosswickense n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus minor (Daimeries 1888)
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Hexanchus microdon (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii
Weltonia ancistrodon
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus gilberti Casier 1946
recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus vincenti (Daimeries 1889)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias teretidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Palaeohypotodus rutoti (Winkler 1878)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Monmouth
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 73.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 50.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rancocas Formation:Hornerstown
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,green sandstone
Lithology description: Glauconitic greensand in a sandy lens comprising small quartz grains and mica flecks
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:62840
Authorizer:J. Kriwet Enterer:W. Glaeser
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:2006-07-28 07:59:40 Last modified:2022-03-28 08:46:12
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-28 07:59:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18111. G. R. Case. 1996. A new selachian fauna from the Lower Hornerstown Formation (Early Paleocene/Montian) of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 242(Lfg. 1-3):1-14 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Carrano]