Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.2° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 62.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shark River Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91760: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"cf. Turritella elongata" = Haustator elongatus, Actaeonema priscum
"cf. Turritella elongata" = Haustator elongatus Sowerby 1814 turret shell
Actaeonema priscum turret shell | |
Epitonium tenuiliratum wentletrap | |
"Volutocorbis cancellatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), Caricella lelia, Caricella ponderosa, Caricella vesta, "cf. Scaphella parvula" = Scaphella, "cf. Scaphella perelevata" = Scaphella, "Scaphella scaphoides" = Scaphella, "cf. Scaphella "sp. B"" = Scaphella
"Volutocorbis cancellatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
Caricella lelia volute
Caricella ponderosa volute
Caricella vesta volute
"cf. Scaphella parvula" = Scaphella volute
"cf. Scaphella perelevata" = Scaphella volute
"Scaphella scaphoides" = Scaphella volute
"cf. Scaphella "sp. B"" = Scaphella Swainson 1832 volute | |
Murex laevavaricosus murex snail
Murex "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
cf. Penion multicostatus true whelk
Pseudoliva "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
"Fasciolaria" crookiana, Falsifusus hector, Clavilithes hercules, Clavilithes paucicostatus, Clavilithes propinquus, Clavilithes samsoni, Clavilithes "sp. B", Dolicholatirus eocenensis, cf. Latirus angularis, cf. Latirus perobesus, Latirus pleuricostatus, Papillina conradi, Papillina eocenica, cf. Papillina sp.
"Fasciolaria" crookiana tulip snail
Clavilithes hercules snail
Clavilithes propinquus snail
Clavilithes samsoni snail
Clavilithes "sp. B" Swainson 1840 snail
cf. Latirus angularis snail
cf. Latirus perobesus snail
Latirus pleuricostatus snail
Papillina conradi snail
Papillina eocenica snail
cf. Papillina sp. snail | |
cf. Bonellitia rudis snail | |
? Eopleurotoma altispira, ? Eopleurotoma regularicostata, ? Surculoma perobesa, Surculites annosus, Surculites cadaverosus
? Eopleurotoma altispira turrid
? Surculoma perobesa turrid
Surculites annosus turrid
Surculites cadaverosus turrid | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Eocypraea sabuloviridis Whitfield 1892 snail | |
Xenophora lapiferens carrier shell | |
Calyptraphorus "sp. F" Conrad 1857 snail | |
"Mambrinia "n. sp."" = Galeodea
"Mambrinia "n. sp."" = Galeodea Link 1807 snail | |
cf. Natica globulella moon snail | |
Architectonica annosa sundial | |
Tornatellaea lata Conrad 1834 snail | |
""Pleurotomaria" perlata" = Isfarispira perlata
""Pleurotomaria" perlata" = Isfarispira perlata Hall 1852 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula circe nut clam
Nucula secunda nut clam | |
Nuculana albaria pointed nut clam | |
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"Astarte" castanella clam | |
Teredo emacerata clam | |
"Corbula" nasutoides clam | |
Pitar ovalis venus clam
Pitar vetus venus clam | |
? Glossus vetus clam | |
Nemocardium curtum cockle | |
Glycymeris conradi Whitfield 1885 clam | |
? Pteria annosa pearl oyster | |
Chlamys kneiskerni scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Eutrephoceras cookanum" = Nautilus cookana
"Eutrephoceras cookanum" = Nautilus cookana Whitfield 1892 nautiloid |