Also known as L&W locality 3d
Where: Gloucester County, New Jersey (39.7° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 50.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Navesink Formation (Monmouth Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• probably Navesink Fm., though possibly a lower horizon; listed as New Egypt Formation by Baird 1986. "Greensand No. 5."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. D. Cope in 1870; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53122: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Hadrosaurus cavatus n. sp.
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