Where: Glouchster County, New Jersey (39.7° N, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 70.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: lower Member (Kirkwood Formation), Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• According to the USGS geological map, this area has both Cretaceous and Aquitanian Kirkwood Formation exposed.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1851. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals] . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:325-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 94367: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Sula atlantica n. sp." = Morus atlanticus
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Mammalia | |
Priscodelphinus harlani n. sp.
Priscodelphinus harlani n. sp. Leidy 1851 toothed whale |