Squankum marl pits: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, New Jersey
collected by O. B. Kinne
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Elotherium leidyanum
Marsh in Cope 1868
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Marsh 1870 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon sp.
Grateloup 1840
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros matutinus
Marsh 1870
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Marsh 1893 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Diceratherium matutinum | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Chelone parvitecta n. sp.
Cope 1870
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Cope 1870 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Chelonia parvitecta | |||||||
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Lembonax polemicus n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1870
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Cope 1870 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Trionyx pennatus n. sp.
Cope 1869
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Cope 1870 | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 74.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 69.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kirkwood | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formation interpreted from a geologic map of the area. It is just about the only formation in the area. AGe is from GEOLEX. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | O. B. Kinne |
Metadata
| Database number: | 50944 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | M. Uhen, B. Allen, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-25 06:35:17 | Last modified: | 2011-03-05 12:59:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-25 06:35:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13605. | E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the extinct Mammalia of New Jersey. Geology of New Jersey 739-742 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 35435 | E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] | |
| 12244 | ETE | O. C. Marsh. 1870. On a number of vertebrae of a new Dinosaurian from the Cretaceous green sand near Barnsboro. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22:2-3 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 40975 | O. C. Marsh. 1893. Description of Miocene Mammalia. American Journal of Science 46(275):407-412 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |