NJ 537/539 junction, marl pits (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.1° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 51.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hornerstown Formation (Rancocas Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian to Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 61.6 Ma)

• presumably Hornerstown Fm, but unknown levels

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. R. Case in 1978

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris. 1987. The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 63:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88096: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes -
Telmatornis priscus Marsh 1870 shorebird
NJSM 11900