Where: Essex County, New Jersey (40.8° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 19.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Passaic Formation (Chatham Group), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• uppermost part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. E. Olsen. 1980. Fossil great lakes of the Newark Supergroup of New Jersey. In W. Manspeizer (ed.), Field Studies in New Jersey Geology and Guide to Field Trips. 52nd Annual Meeting, New York State Geological Association 352-398 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187321: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Apatopus sp. Baird 1957 archosaur | |
Batrachopus sp. Hitchcock 1845 aetosaur |