Inversand Pit, Sewell [Navesink Fm]: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites gulosus
(Morton 1834)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 50.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Navesink | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Navesink, which at this section unconformably overlies the Mount Laurel Sand (Campanian), and is regionally overlain by the Red Bank Sand (Maastrichtian). AGE: Early Maastrichtian on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Glauconitic sand. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Monmouth Amateur Paleontologists Society, ~1980-2000. REPOSITORY: Monmouth Amateur Paleontologists Society (MAPS). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to notable ammonoid finds; other groups may be present, but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83071 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-06 17:45:25 | Last modified: | 2016-05-07 10:29:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-06 17:45:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27903. | W. J. Kennedy, N. H. Landman, W. A. Cobban and R. O. Johnson. 2000. Additions to the ammonite fauna of the Upper Cretaceous Navesink Formation of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 3306:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |