Big Brook (Navesink): Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Dithophaga carolinensis
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Terabratulina cooperi
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona microtuberus
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Cliona cretacica
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Latimeriidae
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Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
Schwimmer et al. 1994
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Schwimmer et al. 1994 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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? Dryptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
scute | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Cimoliasaurus magnus
(Leidy 1851)
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cimoliosaurus magnus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Halisaurus platyspondylus
(Marsh 1869)
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Peritresius ornatus
(Leidy 1856)
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PU 21709 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaridae indet.
Gray 1825
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte convexa
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Pycnodonte mutabilis
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea monmouthensis
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Agerostrea mesenterica
(Morton 1834)
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Gallagher 1984 | |||||||||
recombined as Lopha mesenterica | ||||||||||
Ostrea tecticosta
Gabb 1860
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
recombined as Cubitostrea tecticosta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Meleagrinella abrupta
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima pelagica
Morton 1833
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
recombined as Lima (Lima) pelagica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula urticosa
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten whitfieldi
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Pecten venustus
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Radiopecten mississippiensis
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus echinata
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella americana
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebrataliidae
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Choristothyris vanuxemi
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Choristothyris plicata
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Longitubus lineatus
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Serpula pervermiformis
Wade 1926
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Protocallianassa mortoni
(Rathbun 1935)
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
original and current combination Callianassa mortoni | ||||||||||
Callianassa mortoni
Rathbun 1935
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dromiidae
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Costadromia hajzeri
Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019
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Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 74.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 49.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 34 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic,micaceous,black,green claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "micaceous greenish-black glauconitic clay" | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 57915 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen, C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Uhen, C. Schweitzer, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-01-06 11:12:10 | Last modified: | 2017-08-29 16:17:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-06 11:12:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40648. | F. Bukowski. 1980. Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey and Delaware. Earth Science 33(2):55-60 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |
Secondary references:
86601 | decapod | R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer. 2019. Earliest known sponge crab (Brachyura, Dromiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation, New Jersey, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 45:1-6 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer] |
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] | |
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] | |
1580 | ETE | W. B. Gallagher, D. C. Parris, and E. E. Spamer. 1986. Paleontology, biostratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in the New Jersey coastal plain. The Mosasaur 3:1-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
29295 | D. R. Schwimmer, J. D. Steward, and G. D. Williams. 1994. Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology 22:503-506 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |