Ramanessin Brook Site (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Site RB

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.6° N, 34.7° W (Wright 2013)

When: N. hyatti ammonoid zone, Basal Navesink Lag Member (Navesink Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; pebbly, quartzose sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. R. Callahan, C. M. Mehling, R. K. Denton, Jr. and D. C. Parris. 2014. Vertebrate Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous Holmdel Park Site, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Dakoterra 6:163-169 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233638: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 24.02.2024

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae indet. Dana 1852 decapod
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella sp. d'Orbigny 1840 belemnite