Burlington County: Late Cretaceous, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Polygonodon vetus Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon mirificus Leidy 1856
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Burlington
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 74.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 42.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5-8
Key time interval: Late Cretaceous
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:126156
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-03-31 03:41:59 Last modified:2012-03-30 11:41:59
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-31 03:41:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14981. J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of remains of extinct vertebrated animals of New Jersey, collected by Prof. Cook of the State Geological Survey under the direction of Dr. W. Kitchell. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:220-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]