Mullica Hill: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by I. Lukens, J. Colson, W. Atkinson, W. Gabb

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona cretacica
Gallagher 1984
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
Gallagher 1984
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
Gallagher 1984
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura pennata
Gallagher 1984
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis trochiformis
Gallagher 1984
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha conradi
Gallagher 1984
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia halli Gabb 1860
Gallagher 1984
recombined as Euspira halli
Gyrodes petrosa
Gallagher 1984
Gyrodes abyssina
Gallagher 1984
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana bullata
Gallagher 1984
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea neglecta
Gallagher 1984
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936
Gallagher 1984
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte mutabilis
Gallagher 1984
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Gallagher 1984
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites sp. Krueger 1823
Gallagher 1984
synonym of Crassatella
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
? Nucleopygus gallagheri
Gallagher 1984
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desorii (Agassiz 1843)
Fowler 1911
synonym of Isurus oxyrinchus
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Emys beatus n. sp. Leidy 1865
Leidy 1865 1 specimen
recombined as Adocus beatus
ANSP 9184; several plates and fragments of others of a carapace of a Turtle: presented by William M. Gabb
Reptilia - Testudines
Osteopygis emarginatus Cope 1868
Miller 1962
Chelone sopita Leidy 1865
Leidy 1865 1 specimen
nomen vanum belonging to Testudines
ANSP 9223; a series of 3 marginal plates, with the half of a fourth, presented by Mr. J. Colson and. Dr. Wm. B. Atkinson, which I suspect to belong to a younger individual of the same species as the preceding
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus dekayi Bronn 1838
Cope 1870 1 specimen
Reptilia
Holops glyptodon (Cope 1869)
Cope 1870 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Gavialoidea
Thoracosaurus mullicensis n. sp. Troxell 1925
Troxell 1925 1 individual
synonym of Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
YPM 283 - type (fragmentary skeleton)
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurus minor Marsh 1870
Miller 1962 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae
posterior dorsal centrum; YPM 1593
Reptilia
Tomodon horrificus n. gen., n. sp. Leidy 1865
Leidy 1865 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauroidea
ANSP 9680
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
3 specimens
vertebrae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Gloucester
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 75.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° North, 46.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Monmouth
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Navesink or Mount Laurel Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:I. Lukens, J. Colson, W. Atkinson, W. Gabb
Collection method comments: Mr J. Colson, Dr Wm. B. Atkinson, Mr William Gabb
Metadata
Database number:52504
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Uhen, R. Benson, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson, M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-08-09 13:30:17 Last modified:2023-06-14 15:36:49
Access level:the public Released:2005-08-09 13:30:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43456. R. Harland. 1824. Notice of the Plesiosaurus, and other fossil Reliquiae, form the State of New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1):232-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

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]
40993 H. W. Fowler. 1911. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene Formations of New Jersey. Geological Survey of New Jersey Bulletin 4:1-192 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
14123ETE J. Leidy. 1865. Cretaceous reptiles of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192:1-135 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62802 H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. In H. G. Richards (ed.), The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46726 E. L. Troxell. 1925. Thoracosaurus, a Cretaceous crocodile. American Journal of Science 10(57):219-233 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
85047 D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]