Also known as Vincentown
Where: Burlington County, New Jersey (39.9° N, 74.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 55.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vincentown Formation (Rancocas Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1955. Some Eocene reptiles from New Jersey. Notulae Naturae 268:1-5 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 124965: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Nodosariata | |
Crinoidea | |
"Pentacrinus bryani" = Isselicrinus bryani
"Pentacrinus bryani" = Isselicrinus bryani Gabb 1876 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Cidaris splendens Morton 1841 pencil urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake | |
Pterosphenus cf. schucherti Lucas 1898 snake | |
Cheilophis huerfanoensis Gilmore 1938 snake | |
Sedentaria | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea dissimilaris oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877 volute | |
Anthozoa | |
Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Flabellum mortoni Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Graphularia ambigua sea pen |