Oldmans Creek, NJ (Locality 5) (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 5

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

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 3883: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Serpulimorpha -
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus, "Lunatia halli" = Euspira halli
"Lunatia halli" = Euspira halli Gabb 1860 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia eufaulensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
? Ostrea subspatulata oyster
originally entered as "?Ostrea subspatulata"
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica demosponge