Mullica Hill (Miocene to of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
"Sula atlantica n. sp." = Morus atlanticus
"Sula atlantica n. sp." = Morus atlanticus Shufeldt 1915 gannet
exact locality (and age) unknown
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Priscodelphinus harlani n. sp. Leidy 1851 toothed whale