Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.2° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 69.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kirkwood Formation, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Formation interpreted from a geologic map of the area. It is just about the only formation in the area. AGe is from GEOLEX.
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. B. Kinne
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the extinct Mammalia of New Jersey. Geology of New Jersey 739-742 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50944: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.05.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Rhinoceros matutinus" = Diceratherium matutinum3
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Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale | |
Reptilia | |
Trionyx pennatus n. sp.1
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