Big Brook (Wenonah/Mt. Laurel): Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Linearea metastriata
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Arroges rostrata
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Hardouinea mortonis
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| H. m. emmonsi | ||||||||||
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Hardouinea sp.
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Cretocoranina sp.
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Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus ornatus
Leidy 1856
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus phaseolus
(Hay 1899)
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus ferox
Leidy 1855
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eotrigonodontidae
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Stephanodus sp.
Zittel 1883
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Mosasaurus maximus
Cope 1869
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | |||||||||
| synonym of Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Thoracosaurus sp.
Leidy 1852
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Gallagher et al. 1986 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MAPS 1231 (teeth), 1205 (bones) | ||||||||||
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Tyrannosauroidea indet.
Walker 1964
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Brownstein 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NJSM GP 14256 | ||||||||||
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Ornithomimus antiquus
(Leidy 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ornithomimosauria | ||||||||||
| MAPS, femur | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PU 22177 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus levis
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Romer 1942
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina hassei
Leriche 1929
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis hardingi
Cappetta and Case 1975
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| recombined as Carcharias hardingi | ||||||||||
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Odontaspis samhammeri
Cappetta and Case 1975
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| recombined as Carcharias samhammeri | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax pristodontis
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Cretolamna arcuata
(Woodward 1894)
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| synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus bifurcatus
Case 1978
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia cerulia
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella transversus
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Leptosolen sp.
Conrad 1865
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella elevata
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Etea sp.
Conrad 1873
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora appressa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria sp.
Conrad 1864
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium longstreeti
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Granocardium sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya roemeri
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bellatexana
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Laternulidae
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Anatimya lata
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Anatimya anteradiata
(Conrad 1860)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Inoperna carolinensis
(Conrad 1875)
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| original and current combination Modiolus (Inoperna) carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon sp.
Conrad 1869
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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? Radiopecten quinquenarius
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima whitfieldi
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea subspatulata
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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| recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sp.
Sohl 1963
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus
(Roemer 1841)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Nostoceras sp.
Hyatt 1894
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Didymoceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites ? scotti
Cobban 1958
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Placenticeras ? syrtale
(Morton 1834)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Menuites complexus
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Longitubus lineatus
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Paguridae
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? Palaeopagurus sp.
Van Straelen 1924
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Pagurus sp.
Fabricius 1775
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Etyidae
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Xanthosia elegans
Roberts 1962
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dakoticancridae
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Tetracarcinus subquadratus
Weller 1905
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Nephropidae
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Hoploparia gabbi
Pilsbry 1901
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Protocallianassa praecepta
Roberts 1962
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Protocallianassa mortoni
(Rathbun 1935)
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| original and current combination Callianassa mortoni | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Palinuridae
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Linuparus sp.
White 1847
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Monmouth |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 74.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.7° North, 45.3° 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: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Monmouth | Formation: | Mount Laurel | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wenonah/Mount Laurel transition | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | micaceous,black carbonaceous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "massive micaceous uncuous black clay that contains thins beds of very micaceous greenish-black silty clay with laminae of black comminuted organic matter, probably lignitic. The thin sitly beds show wavy layering and are occasionally cross-stratified" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,ichnofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57916 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-01-06 11:31:30 | Last modified: | 2023-06-15 09:40:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-06 11:31:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 73432 | C. D. Brownstein. 2019. New records of theropods from the latest Cretaceous of New Jersey and the Maastrichtian Appalachian fauna. Royal Society Open Science 6:191206:1-13 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/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] | |
| 1580 | ETE | W. B. Gallagher, D. C. Parris, and E. E. Spamer. 1986. Paleontology, biostratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in the New Jersey coastal plain. The Mosasaur 3:1-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
| 85047 | D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |