Saint George's Bridge West: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Delaware
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
|
|||||||
Rhombodus levis
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
|
|||||||
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Romer 1942
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
|
|||||||
Pseudohypolophus sp.
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
|
|||||||
Rhinobatos casieri
Herman 1977
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
|
|||||||
Ptychotrygon vermiculata
Cappetta 1975
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
|
|||||||
Sclerorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
|
|||||||
Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
|
|||||||
Squatina hassei
Leriche 1929
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
|
|||||||
Ginglymostoma globidens
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
|
|||||||
Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
|
|||||||
Plicatolamna borodini
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
recombined as Protolamna borodini | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
|
|||||||
Odontaspis holmdelensis
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocoracidae
|
|||||||
Pseudocorax granti
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
|
|||||||
Plicatolamna arcuata
(Woodward 1894)
|
|||||||
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
|
|||||||
Odontaspis sahammeri
|
|||||||
Hypotodus aculeatus
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
recombined as Odontaspis aculeatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
|
|||||||
Paranomotodon angustidens
(Reuss 1845)
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
|
|||||||
Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
|
|||||||
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
|
|||||||
Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
|
|||||||
Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
|
|||||||
Lonchidion babulskii
Cappetta and Case 1975
|
|||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
|
|||||||
Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
|
|||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Delaware | County: | New Castle |
Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 75.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 45.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Matawan | Formation: | Marshalltown |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,glauconitic,gray,green silty,sandy sandstone |
Lithology description: Da rk gr e eni sh gr ay, highly gl auconi t i c , ve ry f ine s i l ty s and. I t ha s yi e lded mos a s aur , tur t l e , and hadros aur ma t e r i a l . I t cont a ins the mos t dive r s e f auna of sha rk ma t e r i a l . The r e a r e a l so abundant l a rge pe l e cypods . The forma t ion wa s depos i t ed in a sha l low, open ma r ine , pos s ibly embayed a r e a . | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 126600 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
Created: | 2012-04-09 10:47:18 | Last modified: | 2022-04-21 07:50:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-04-09 10:47:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
41092. | E. M. Lauginiger and E. F. Hartstein. 1983. A guide to fossil sharks, skates, and rays from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal area, Delaware. Open File Report - Delaware Geological Survey 21:1-63 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |