New Jersey amber, Parlin sand pit (ANSP collection): Turonian, New Jersey
collected by R.O. Johnson, P.R. Dillon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Trichoptera
- Ptilocolepidae
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Palaeagapetus furcilla n. sp.
Botosaneanu et al. 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Trichoptera
- Hydroptilidae
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Novajerseya glesumica n. gen., n. sp.
Botosaneanu et al. 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Agraylea lentiginosa n. sp.
Botosaneanu et al. 1998
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Insecta
- Trichoptera
- Dipseudopsidae
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Veteropsyche gelhausi n. gen., n. sp.
Botosaneanu et al. 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Phylocentropus (Veteropsyche) gelhausi | ||||||||||
ANSP 79958 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gallagher et al. 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
"bird feathers" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 74.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 40.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Magothy | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Basal Magothy Formation. Lignite beds on average 10-70 m thick, in a 2 m-thick part of the section. Has also been assigned to the Raritan Formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified amber |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,amber |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | ANSP |
Collectors: | R.O. Johnson, P.R. Dillon |
Metadata
Database number: | 156002 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Clapham, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2014-05-06 20:22:02 | Last modified: | 2017-01-04 15:32:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-06 20:22:02 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5805. | ETE 1569 | L. Botosaneanu, R. O. Johnson, and P. R. Dillon. 1998. New caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey, USA. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 67:219-231 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
61317 | W. B. Gallagher, K. R. Johnson, E. Gilmore and R. Johnson. 1999. The Parlin Pit: paleontology, stratigraphy, and depositional environments at a Cretaceous amber site in New Jersey. The Mosasaur 6:97-104 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |