New Egypt Formation: Late Maastrichtian, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus creamridgensis n. sp. Case et al. 2001
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Monmouth County
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 74.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 37.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Monmouth Formation:New Egypt
Stratigraphy comments: Lower (Shrewsbury) member of the New Egypt Formation, covered by the overlying Hornerstown Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61807
Authorizer:J. Kriwet Enterer:W. Glaeser
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-07-03 04:23:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-03 04:23:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
17824. G. R. Case, P.D. Borodin, and J.J. Leggett. 2001. Fossil selachians from the New Egypt Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian) of Arneytown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261(Lfg. 4-6):113-124 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]