Big Brook (general): Late/Upper Campanian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra cancellata
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Romer 1942
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29 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus levis
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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1 element | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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4 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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1 element | |||||||||
vertebrae and coprolites | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudohypolophus sp.
Cappetta and Case 1975
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1 element | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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30 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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228 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax sp.
Whitley 1939
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1906 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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654 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Plicatolamna arcuata
(Woodward 1894)
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311 elements | |||||||||
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Paranomotodon angustidens
(Reuss 1845)
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48 elements | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Plicatolamna borodini
Cappetta and Case 1975
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2 elements | |||||||||
recombined as Protolamna borodini | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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246 elements | |||||||||
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus bifurcatus
Case 1978
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9 elements | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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18 specimens | |||||||||
teeth (fragmentary) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus phaseolus
(Hay 1899)
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15 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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1 element | |||||||||
isolated scale | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus ferox
Leidy 1855
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156 elements | |||||||||
93 isolated teeth, 63 jaw fragments | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eotrigonodontidae
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Stephanodus sp.
Zittel 1883
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3 elements | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus sp.
Leidy 1870
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5 elements | |||||||||
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 nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Campanian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From Marshalltown, Wenonah and undifferentiated Mount Laurel-Navasink Formations |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | gray silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Mt Laurel-Navesink: light gray, coarse clastic sand which contains some clay. Wenonah Fm: dark gray, silty, very fine sand. Marshalltown Fm: massive, greenish-gray fine silty sands. | |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,trace,coprolite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | condensed |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 32181 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-06-09 10:33:23 | Last modified: | 2017-08-29 16:21:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-09 10:33:23 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8667. | 5% 24300 | E. M. Lauginiger. 1986. An Upper Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage from Big Brook, New Jersey. The Mosasaur 3:53-61 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |