Also known as Blue Brook tracksite
Where: Union County, New Jersey (40.7° N, 74.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 20.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Unit b Member (Feltville Formation), Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• base of formation, early Hettangian; about 7 m below top, in Unit b
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, red siltstone and paleosol/pedogenic, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. E. Olsen. 1980. Triassic and Jurassic formations of the Newark Basin. In W. Manspeizer (ed.), Field Studies in New Jersey Geology and Guide to Field Trips. 52nd Annual Meeting, New York State Geological Association 2-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62837: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Reptilia | |
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur |