Also known as Station 59+850 north side of Chesapeake and Delaware canal
Where: Delaware (39.5° N, 75.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.3° N, 36.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Merchantville Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Reposited in the USGS
• collected by C. W. Carter 1935-7
Primary reference: J. P. Owens, J. P. Minard, N. F. Sohl and F. James Mello. 1970. Stratigraphy of the outcropping post-Magothy Upper Cretaceous formations in Southern New Jersey an Northern Delmarva peninsula, Delaware and Maryland. USGS Professional Paper 674:1-60 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 6132: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 28.01.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Linearia contracta" = Linearis
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