Where: New Jersey (39.9° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 52.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Vincentown Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, sandy limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1951. Cretaceous Ophiuroidea from Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Jersey. Saertryk af Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 12:48-56 [L. Villier/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58941: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 01.03.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Rhizocrinus cylindricus Weller 1907 Feather star | |
"Pentacrinus bryani" = Isselicrinus bryani
"Pentacrinus bryani" = Isselicrinus bryani Gabb 1876 Sea lily | |
Asteroidea | |
"Goniaster mammillata" = Recurvaster mammillatus
"Goniaster mammillata" = Recurvaster mammillatus Gabb 1876 sea star | |
"Pentaceros asperulus" = Hadranderaster asperulus
"Pentaceros asperulus" = Hadranderaster asperulus Weller 1907 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiomusium stephensoni brittle star 15 radial shields, 6 interrradial marginal plates, 325 lateral arm plates, 1 vertebral ossicle
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? Ophiura cf. serrata Roemer 1841 brittle star 44 dorsal arm plates, 1 ventral arm plate, 725 lateral arm plates, 58 vertebral ossicles
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"? Amphiura senonensis" = Ophiocoma senonensis
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Echinoidea | |
Cidaris splendens Morton 1841 pencil urchin |