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
Palaeagapetus furcilla n. sp. Botosaneanu et al. 1998
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae
Novajerseya glesumica n. gen., n. sp. Botosaneanu et al. 1998
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Agraylea lentiginosa n. sp. Botosaneanu et al. 1998
2 specimens
Insecta - Trichoptera - Dipseudopsidae
Veteropsyche gelhausi n. gen., n. sp. Botosaneanu et al. 1998
1 specimen
recombined as Phylocentropus (Veteropsyche) gelhausi
ANSP 79958 (1 measurement)
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
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 1569L. 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]