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Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	39.7393,-75.2241
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	New Jersey, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Mullica Hill	Leidy J.	Monmouth - Navesink	or Mount Laurel Fm.	not reported	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Isurus oxyrinchus species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : *Isurus oxyrinchus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Holops glyptodon species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Thoracosaurus : *Holops glyptodon*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Thoracosaurus : *Thoracosaurus neocesariensis*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Plesiosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Plesiosauridae : *Plesiosaurus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mosasaurus dekayi species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Mosasaurus : *Mosasaurus dekayi*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Testudines order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Adocus beatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus : *Adocus beatus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteopygis emarginatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Macrobaenidae : Osteopygis : *Osteopygis emarginatus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tyrannosauroidea superfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Chingkankousaurus : Tyrannosauroidea	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nucleopygus sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Apatopygidae : *Nucleopygus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cucullaea sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : *Cucullaea*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crassatella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : *Crassatella*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Agerostrea sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : *Agerostrea*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Exogyra*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodonte sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Pycnodonte*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : *Baculites*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Belemnitella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnitellidae : *Belemnitella*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Avellana sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Ringiculidae : *Avellana*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pyropsis sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Perissityidae : *Pyropsis*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Volutomorpha sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pholidotomidae : *Volutomorpha*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Anchura*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira halli species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira : *Euspira halli*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Gyrodes*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cliona sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Clionaida : Clionaidae : *Cliona*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 105-235

Leidy J. Cretaceous reptiles of the United States, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192, 1-135

Harland R. 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

Fowler H. W. (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

Troxell E. L. (1925) Thoracosaurus, a Cretaceous crocodile, American Journal of Science 10 57, 219-233

Miller H. W. (1962) Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey, The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61, 193-196

Gallagher W. B. (1984) Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region. Part II: Cretaceous to Quartenary, The Mosasaur 2, 9-43

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