Sohl and Koch OFR # 470: Maastrichtian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Baculites sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
8 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha sp. Meek 1876
1 specimen
Oligoptycha sp.
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium aff. weeksi Wade 1926
2 specimens
Cerithium aff. Certhium weeksi Wa - originally entered as "Cerithium aff. weeksi"
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Morea marylandica Gardner
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
85 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
5 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
11 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sedesclaris
3 specimens
Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
59 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
4 specimens
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
33 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
21 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
26 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
5 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
9 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
13 specimens
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
13 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
6 specimens
Limopsis sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca saffordi
4 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
6 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
2 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
7 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
4 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata
4 specimens
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Monmouth
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 74.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 49.0° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Late/Upper Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Maastrichtian Other zone: Haustator bilira
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sandy Hook Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray argillaceous sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:Poricy Brook; USGS # 31169
Database number:4378
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2024-03-13 13:07:24
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

281. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]