PBDB Collection

Oldmans Creek, NJ (Locality 4) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Gloucester County, New Jersey (39.8° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 45.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marshalltown Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "Locality 4"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; glauconitic, sandy, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. R. Bernstein. 1988. Local invertebrate assemblages in the Upper Cretaceous Marshallton Formation along the valley of Oldmans Creek in southern New Jersey. Northeastern Geology 10(3):202-215 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3877: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona cretacica Cliona cretacica demosponge
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella encrinoides Turritella encrinoides turret shell
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Turbinella intermedia Turbinella intermedia snail
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura pennata Anchura pennata snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes petrosus Gyrodes petrosus moon snail
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Avellana bullata Avellana bullata snail
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	cf. Nucula angulatum cf. Nucula angulatum nut clam originally entered as "cf. Nucula angulatum"
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Pandorida - Clavagellidae	Clavagella armata Clavagella armata Morton 1833 clam
Hiatellida - Hiatellidae	Panopea descisa Panopea descisa clam
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella trapezoidea, Veniella conradi Veniella trapezoidea clam Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyprimeria excavata Cyprimeria excavata venus clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium tenuistriatum Trachycardium tenuistriatum cockle
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea neglecta Cucullaea neglecta clam
Ostreida - Malleidae	cf. Vulsella monmouthensis cf. Vulsella monmouthensis oyster originally entered as "cf. Volsella monmouthensis"
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Gryphaeostrea vomer, Pycnodonte vesicularis, Exogyra ponderosa Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Exogyra ponderosa oyster
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Agerostrea falcata Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima reticulata, Plagiostoma erecta Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Plagiostoma erecta file clam
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Paranomia scabra Paranomia scabra scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes bellisculptus, Camptonectes burlingtonensis, Pecten quinquenarius, Chlamys whitfieldi, Chlamys michellesmithi n. sp. Camptonectes bellisculptus scallop Camptonectes burlingtonensis scallop Pecten quinquenarius scallop Chlamys whitfieldi scallop Chlamys michellesmithi n. sp. scallop "michellesmithi n. ssp." Chlamys whitfieldi michellesmithi - originally entered as "Chlamys michellesmithi n. ssp."
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea quinquecostata Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	? Longitubus sp., Hamulus squamosus ? Longitubus sp. originally entered as "Longitubus? sp." Hamulus squamosus