Rancocas Creek, south branch: Thanetian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Graphaeostrea vomer
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Polorthus tibialis
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Nodosaria zippei
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris splendens
(Morton 1841)
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isselicrinidae
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Pentacrinus bryani
Gabb 1876
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Pterosphenus cf. schucherti
Lucas 1898
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Cheilophis huerfanoensis
Gilmore 1938
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Rotularia rotula
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutoderma sp.
Gabb 1877
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaea dissimilaris
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca quindecemradiata
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Coscinopleuridae
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Coscinopleura digitata
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Trochocyathus sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum mortoni
Vaughan 1900
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Anthozoa
- Pennatulacea
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Graphularia ambigua
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Gallagher 1984 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Burlington |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 74.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 55.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Rancocas | Formation: | Vincentown |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,yellow calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "cream-colored to light brown highly fossiliferous limesand with indurated limestone layers" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Vincentown | ||
| Database number: | 124965 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-01 11:59:06 | Last modified: | 2017-08-29 17:05:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-01 11:59:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40566. | H. W. Miller. 1955. Some Eocene reptiles from New Jersey. Notulae Naturae 268:1-5 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 39861 | W. B. Gallagher. 1984. Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region. Part II: Cretaceous to Quartenary. The Mosasaur 2:9-43 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Carrano] | |
| 62903 | J. P. Owens and N. F. Sohl. 1973. Glauconites from New Jersey - Maryland coastal plain: their K-Ar ages and application in stratigraphic studies. Geological Society America Bulletin 84:2811-2838 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] |