Oldmans Creek, NJ (Locality 3): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Umbonicardium umbonatum
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
aff. Menuites complexus
originally entered as "Menuites? aff. M. complexus"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras placenta (DeKay 1828)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella marshalltownensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
Lunatia halli Gabb 1860
recombined as Euspira halli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura abrupta
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
cf. Vulsella monmouthensis
originally entered as "cf. Volsella monmouthensis"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea tecticosta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata (Morton 1827)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra ponderosa
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea neglecta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium tenuistriatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina cretacea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia mortoni
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Trigonia ? eufaulensis Gabb 1860
recombined as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
originally entered as "Trigonia ?eufaulensis"
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Gloucester
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 75.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 45.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marshalltown
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Locality 3"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3870
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-11 07:05:25 Last modified:2022-04-21 07:48:18
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-11 07:05:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

259. M. R. Bernstein. 1988. Local invertebrate assemblages in the Upper Cretaceous Marshallton Formation along the valley of Oldmans Creek in southern New Jersey. Northeastern Geology 10(3):202-215 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]