Neshanic Station (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Somerset County, New Jersey (40.5° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 19.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Neshanic Member (Passaic Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Higgins in 1936

• NJSM: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton

Primary reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1948. A Triassic armored reptile from New Jersey. State of New Jersey Department of Conservation Miscellaneous Geologic Paper 1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89131: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 06.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Stegomus arcuatus Marsh 1896 aetosaur
NJSM 10740, partial tail