Also known as Crosswicks Creek
Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 44.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marshalltown Formation (Matawan Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified, pebbly, sideritic, intraclastic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: B. S. Grandstaff, D. C. Parris, R. K. Denton, Jr. and W. B. Gallagher. 1992. Alphadon (Marsupialia) and Multituberculata (Allotheria) in the Cretaceous of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):217-222 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14455: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Patricia Holroyd, Philip Mannion and Kaitlin Maguire
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
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cf. Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911 crocodilian numerous specimens, mostly broken teeth and scutes, NJSM
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Theropoda indet., Tyrannosauroidea indet.3, cf. Dryptosaurus sp.3, cf. Dryptosaurus sp.9, Ornithomimosauria indet.3, Coelosaurus sp.6
Tyrannosauroidea indet.3 Walker 1964 coelurosaur incl. two tooth morphotypes, NJSM 14682, 16601, 14682
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Ornithopoda indet. ornithopod | |
Hadrosauridae indet.9 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid NJSM 11365, 14036, 14163, 14510, 12703, 13771, 13089, 14229, 14582, 14514, 13086, 12133, 13932, 12134, 14266, 14201, 13897, 13104, 14590, 14227, 14228, 14387, 13090, 12713, 15058
Hadrosaurus sp. Leidy 1858 hadrosaurine | |
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cf. Haptosphenus sp. Estes 1964 squamates | |
cf. Odaxosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
cf. Halisaurus sp. Marsh 1869 mosasaur | |
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"Bothremys barberi" = Chedighaii barberi
"Bothremys barberi" = Chedighaii barberi Schmidt 1940 sideneck turtle NJSM 12704–12707, 12718 (Gallagher, Parris, and Spamer, 1986: 25); identification confirmed by Gaffney et al. 2006
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Mammalia | |
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"Alphadon lulli" = Protalphadon lulli
"Alphadon lulli" = Protalphadon lulli Clemens 1966 metatherian | |
Cimolodontidae indet. Marsh 1889 multituberculate | |
cf. Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972 multituberculate | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
Anomoeodus phaseolus9 Hay 1899 | |
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Amia cf. fragosa Jordan 1927 bowfin | |
Paralbula casei Estes 1969 | |
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 | |
Enchodus ferox9 Leidy 1855 | |
cf. Platacodon sp. Marsh 1889 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Rhombodus laevis" = Rhombodus levis
"Rhombodus laevis" = Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975 stingray | |
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942 eagle ray | |
Lissodus (Lonchidion) sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929 angel shark | |
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Pseudohypolophus sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 guitarfish | |
Ptychotrygon vermiculata, "Ptychotrygon hooveri" = Texatrygon hooveri
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975 ray
"Ptychotrygon hooveri" = Texatrygon hooveri McNulty and Slaughter 1972 ray | |
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray | |
"Ginglymostoma globidens" = Plicatoscyllium globidens9
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Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark "C. appendiculata lata"
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"Synodontaspis holmdelensis" = Carcharias holmdelensis, "Odontaspis samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri
"Synodontaspis holmdelensis" = Carcharias holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
"Odontaspis samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark | |
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini, Cretodus arcuata
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
Cretodus arcuata mackerel shark | |
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
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Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Ischyodus bifurcatus Case 1978 plownose chimaera | |
Gastropoda | |
"Albula sp." = Polinices
"Albula sp." = Polinices Monfort 1810 moon snail |