Upper Hop Brook, Holmdel: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus informal sp. 1 Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
subsp. mira
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Plicatolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Protolamna borodini
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Hypotodus aculeatus Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Odontaspis aculeatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias hardingi
Odontaspis holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis
Odontaspis samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Carcharias samhammeri
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Plicatolamna arcuata (Woodward 1894)
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon cf. angustidens (Reuss 1845)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
subsp. lata
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus bifurcatus Case 1978
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus ferox Leidy 1855
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus phaseolus (Hay 1899)
Reptilia
cf. Dryptosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
NJSM 14256; tooth
cf. Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911
Reptilia - Testudines
Prionochelys cf. nauta Zangerl 1953
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
1 specimen
PU 21451
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Monmouth
Coordinates: 40.3° North, 74.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 45.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Monmouth Formation:Mount Laurel Member:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:14504
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2023-06-15 09:40:59
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2163. D. W. Krause and D. Baird. 1979. Late Cretaceous Mammals East of the North American Western Interior Seaway. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):562-565 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

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]
54671 W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
85047 D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]