Sohl and Koch OFR # 480: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea mesenterica
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lopha mesenterica | ||||||||||
| Ostrea mesenterica Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cer | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Conrad 1869
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ? | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel | ||||||||||
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Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp.
(Conrad 1869)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 74.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 49.6° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Discoscaphites iris |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tinton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,sideritic,gray lithified sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Beers Hill; USGS # 31176 : 28868 | ||
| Database number: | 4381 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-08-08 12:01:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 281. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |