Mullica Hill: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by I. Lukens, J. Colson, W. Atkinson, W. Gabb
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona cretacica
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella americana
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura pennata
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis trochiformis
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha conradi
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia halli
Gabb 1860
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
recombined as Euspira halli | ||||||||||
Gyrodes petrosa
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gyrodes abyssina
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Avellana bullata
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea neglecta
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea sp.
Vialov 1936
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte mutabilis
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites sp.
Krueger 1823
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
synonym of Crassatella | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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? Nucleopygus gallagheri
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus desorii
(Agassiz 1843)
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Fowler 1911 | |||||||||
synonym of Isurus oxyrinchus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Emys beatus n. sp.
Leidy 1865
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Leidy 1865 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Adocus beatus | ||||||||||
ANSP 9184; several plates and fragments of others of a carapace of a Turtle: presented by William M. Gabb | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Osteopygis emarginatus
Cope 1868
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Miller 1962 | |||||||||
Chelone sopita
Leidy 1865
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Leidy 1865 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen vanum belonging to Testudines | ||||||||||
ANSP 9223; a series of 3 marginal plates, with the half of a fourth, presented by Mr. J. Colson and. Dr. Wm. B. Atkinson, which I suspect to belong to a younger individual of the same species as the preceding | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus dekayi
Bronn 1838
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Cope 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Holops glyptodon
(Cope 1869)
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Cope 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Gavialoidea | ||||||||||
Thoracosaurus mullicensis n. sp.
Troxell 1925
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Troxell 1925 | 1 individual | ||||||||
synonym of Thoracosaurus neocesariensis | ||||||||||
YPM 283 - type (fragmentary skeleton) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurus minor
Marsh 1870
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Miller 1962 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
posterior dorsal centrum; YPM 1593 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Tomodon horrificus n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1865
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Leidy 1865 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauroidea | ||||||||||
ANSP 9680 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus sp.
de la Beche and Conybeare 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
vertebrae | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 46.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Monmouth | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Navesink or Mount Laurel Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | I. Lukens, J. Colson, W. Atkinson, W. Gabb |
Collection method comments: Mr J. Colson, Dr Wm. B. Atkinson, Mr William Gabb |
Metadata
Database number: | 52504 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen, R. Benson, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-08-09 13:30:17 | Last modified: | 2023-06-14 15:36:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-09 13:30:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43456. | R. Harland. 1824. Notice of the Plesiosaurus, and other fossil Reliquiae, form the State of New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1):232-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
40993 | H. W. Fowler. 1911. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene Formations of New Jersey. Geological Survey of New Jersey Bulletin 4:1-192 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
39861 | W. B. Gallagher. 1984. Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region. Part II: Cretaceous to Quartenary. The Mosasaur 2:9-43 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/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] | |
14123 | ETE | J. Leidy. 1865. Cretaceous reptiles of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192:1-135 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
62802 | H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. In H. G. Richards (ed.), The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
46726 | E. L. Troxell. 1925. Thoracosaurus, a Cretaceous crocodile. American Journal of Science 10(57):219-233 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
85047 | D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |