pits on east side of Route 34, Holmdel: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontis
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus sp. Egerton 1843
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
MAPS 1214; fragment of distal end of tibia
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus sp.
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
Lunatia halli Gabb 1860
recombined as Euspira halli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma biplicata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Pecten (Neitha) quinquecostata Sowerby 1814
recombined as Neithea quinquecostata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ostrea falcata Morton 1827
recombined as Agerostrea falcata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa mortoni Rathbun 1935
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona aretacica
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Monmouth
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 74.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 45.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Monmouth Formation:Mount Laurel
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: top of Mt. Laurel (perhaps also bottom of Navesink)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,brown sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:124933
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-29 06:57:27 Last modified:2023-05-31 15:38:50
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-29 06:57:27
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]

Secondary references:

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]