USGS D9715, Oschwald's clay pit [Merchantville Fm]: Early/Lower Campanian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) sp.
Zittel 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis
(Morton 1830)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Placenticeras placenta
(DeKay 1828)
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Glyptoxoceras sp.
Spath 1925
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella merchantvillensis
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura rostrata
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella intermedia
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia halli
Gabb 1860
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
recombined as Euspira halli | |||||||
Gyrodes petrosus
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Avellana bullata
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea antrosa
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Cucullaea neglecta
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium tenuistriatum
(Whitfield 1885)
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
recombined as Granocardium tenuistriatum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea decisa
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
Glycimeris mortoni
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
original and current combination Glycymeris | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 74.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 43.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Merchantville | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Merchantville Fm, which is overlain by the Englishtown Fm. AGE: Early Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | quartzose lithified silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty quartz sand. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 88606 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Shalap | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-04-16 13:02:38 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-16 13:02:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29725. | W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban. 1993. Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonites from the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Journal of Paleontology 67(5):828-849 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
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] |