Shiloh Marl: Burdigalian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Thecachampsa sericodon Cope 1867
Cope 1875
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx lima n. sp. Cope 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Apalone lima
AMNH, holotype fragment of costal plate
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelone grandaevus n. sp. Leidy 1861
Leidy 1851
recombined as Puppigerus grandaevus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiravus validus (Marsh 1871)
Tedford and Hunter 1984
only specimen from this unit (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Tretosphys uraeus n. sp. Cope 1869
Cope 1869 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Ixacanthus coelospondylus Cope 1868
Cope 1868
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae
Zarhachis velox n. sp. Cope 1869
Cope 1875
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Macrophoca atlantica n. gen., n. sp. Leidy 1856
Leidy 1856 3 specimens
invalid subgroup of Squalodontidae
Mammalia - Cetacea
Delphinapterus lacertosus Cope 1868
Cope 1868
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Delphinapterus hawkinsii Cope 1868
Cope 1868
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Belosphys stenus (Cope 1868)
Cope 1875
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Belosphys atropius (Cope 1868)
Cope 1875
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Belosphys conradi (Leidy 1852)
Cope 1875
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Belosphys spinosus (Cope 1868)
Cope 1875
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter antiquus Leidy 1853
Rhoads 1903
synonym of Physeter vetus
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodus curvidens Marsh 1869
Cope 1875
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Phasganodus gentryi n. sp. Cope 1875
Cope 1875
recombined as Enchodus gentryi
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Crommyodus irregularis (Cope 1869)
Cope 1875
original and current combination Phacodus irregularis
Actinopteri - Scombriformes
Sphyraena speciosa Leidy 1856
Leidy 1856
recombined as Sphyraenodus speciosus
Sphyraenodus silovianus n. sp. Cope 1875
Cope 1875
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Phacodus irregularis n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1869
Cope 1869
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Agabelus porcatus n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1875
Cope 1875
nomen dubium belonging to Dasyatidae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
Cope 1875
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869
Cope 1875
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Cope 1875
Zygobatis sp. Agassiz 1838
Cope 1875
synonym of Rhinoptera
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina xiphiodon
Cope 1875
Oxyrhina minuta Agassiz 1843
Cope 1875
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis amblodon Cope 1869
Cope 1875
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo egertonii
Cope 1875
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Cope 1875
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Zygaena prisca
Cope 1875
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Cope 1875
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna cuspidata Agassiz 1843
Cope 1875
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Lamna elegans Agassiz 1838
Cope 1875
synonym of Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon angustidens (Agassiz 1835)
Cope 1875
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Cope 1875
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Otodus appendiculatus (Agassiz 1835)
Cope 1875
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus primigenius Agassiz 1835
Cope 1875
recombined as Notorhynchus primigenius
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Cumberland
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° North, 71.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Barstovian
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:20.3 to 20.0 Ma (Sr isotope)
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kirkwood Member:Alloway Clay
Local section:Krkwd Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: age after Sugarman et al. 1993
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:overlies Asbury Park Mbr.
Metadata
Database number:18587
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-04-04 12:54:58
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35435. E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

13605 E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the extinct Mammalia of New Jersey. Geology of New Jersey 739-742 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12333 E. D. Cope. 1869. Third contribution to the fauna of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21(11):6-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
36147 E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12635 E. D. Cope. 1875. Synopsis of the Vertebrata of the Miocene of Cumberland County, New Jersey. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 14:361-364 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/E. Vlachos]
14442ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12192 J. Leidy. 1851. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals] . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:325-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14981 J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of remains of extinct vertebrated animals of New Jersey, collected by Prof. Cook of the State Geological Survey under the direction of Dr. W. Kitchell. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:220-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28441 S. N. Rhoads. 1903. The Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: A Biographic, Historic and Descriptive Account of the Furred Animals of Land and Sea, Both Living and Extinct, Known to Have Existed in These States. 1-266 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
63009 P. J. Sugarman, K. G. Miller, J. P. Owens and M. D. Feigenson. 1993. Strontium-isotope and sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene Kirkwood Formation, southern New Jersey. Geological Society America Bulletin 105:423-436 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
3383 R. H. Tedford and M. E. Hunter. 1984. Miocene marine-nonmarine correlations, Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, North America. Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 47:129-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]