Bellmawr Landfill: Campanian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus ferox Leidy 1855
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus phaseolus (Hay 1899)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus sp. Egerton 1843
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontis
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus falcatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites hippocrepis (DeKay 1828)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras placenta (DeKay 1828)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana bullata
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella encrinoides
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra ponderosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris mortoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena whitfieldi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium tenuistriatum (Whitfield 1885)
recombined as Granocardium tenuistriatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen concentricum
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea decisa
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Cymella bella
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia sp. M'Coy 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Camden
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 44.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Matawan
Stratigraphy comments: Merchantville, Woodbury, and Marshalltown Formations
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous,brown,gray,green poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: light grayish-brown to greenish-gray micaceous clay
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:124222
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-08 07:23:28 Last modified:2012-02-07 14:23:28
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-08 07:23:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]