Shark River (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 61.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Shark River Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1953. The Tillodontia: an early Tertiary order of mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 121(10):1-110 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16411: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
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"Dinophis grandis n. sp." = Palaeophis grandis3
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Mammalia | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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"Aetobatis irregularis" = Aetobatus irregularis2
"Aetobatis irregularis" = Aetobatus irregularis2 Agassiz 1843 stingray stated to be from greensand, Monmouth County
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Myliobatis fastigiatus2 Leidy 1876 eagle ray stated to be from an upper marl bed or Eocene green sand, Monmouth County
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