Inversand Company marl pit, Sewell (Navesink): Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by C. Hungerford Jr.
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona cretacea
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites conradi
(Morton 1834)
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites ovatus
(Say 1820)
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Trichotropidae
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Turbinopsis curta
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura cf. abrupta
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Anchura pennata
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus macfarlandi
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha ponderosa
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia halli
Gabb 1860
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recombined as Euspira halli | ||||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea antrosa
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Cucullaea neglecta
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Cucullaea vulgaris
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris mortoni
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Dianchora) echinata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea nasuta
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte convexa
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Gallagher 2002 | 98 %-volume | ||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula ripleyana
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Assigned to Lithophaga | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pachycardium spillmani
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Protocardia (Pachycardium) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Solyma cf. lineolatus
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites vadosus
(Morton 1834)
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original and current combination Crassatella vadosa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia mortoni
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebrataliidae
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Choristothyris plicata
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(Say) | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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encrusting | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster sp.
Agassiz and Desor 1847
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Peritresius ornatus
(Leidy 1856)
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White 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 11051 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Halisaurus platyspondylus
(Marsh 1869)
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Gallagher 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 12259 | ||||||||||
Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Mosasaurus maximus
Cope 1869
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Gallagher 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
NJSM 11052, 11053 (skulls) | ||||||||||
Ancylocentrum hungerfordi n. sp.
Chaffee 1939
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Prognathodon rapax | ||||||||||
NJSM 9827 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Edmontosaurus minor
(Marsh 1870)
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
NJSM 15136 (vertebral centrum), 11880 (L tibia); ANSP 15202 | ||||||||||
? Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NJSM 11961 (radius and ulna) | ||||||||||
= Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Gallagher 2002 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus phaseolus
(Hay 1899)
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originally entered as "Anomaeodus phaseolus" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus ferox
Leidy 1855
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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? Xiphactinus sp.
Leidy 1870
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 50.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Middle Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic poorly lithified marl | ||
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collectors: | C. Hungerford Jr. |
Collection method comments: Numerous collectors |
Metadata
Also known as: | KT loc. 428 | ||
Database number: | 26818 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano | Enterer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2002-11-05 04:20:44 | Last modified: | 2023-09-14 15:19:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-05 04:20:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35500. | R. G. Chaffee. 1939. A New Jersey mosasaur of the subfamily Platecarpinae. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (37)1-5 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
73430 | C. D. Brownstein. 2021. Osteology and phylogeny of small-bodied hadrosauromorphs from an end-Cretaceous marine assemblage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(1):180-200 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/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] | |
7438 | W. B. Gallagher. 2002. Faunal changes across the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary in the Atlantic coastal plain of New Jersey: restructuring the marine community after the K-T mass-extinction event. Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and beyond. GSA Special Paper 356:291-301 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/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] |
34331 | R. S. White, Jr. 1972. A recently collected specimen of Adocus (Testudines: Dermatemydidae) from New Jersey. Notulae Naturae 447:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |