Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 53.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Aquia Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84051: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Oxyrhina nova Winkler 1874 mackerel shark | |
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Membraniporina rimulata Ulrich 1901 | |
Stenolaemata | |