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Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	40.4,-74.0333
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	New Jersey, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Atlantic Highlands	Gallagher W. B. (1984)	Monmouth - Navesink	two layers, upper part of formation	sandstone	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sandy Hook, Atlantic Highlands	Gallagher W. B. (1993)	Monmouth - Navesink	"foot of the Neversink Hills"	not reported	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Callianassa mortoni species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Callianassa : *Callianassa mortoni*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanopteryx sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Azhdarchidae : *Titanopteryx*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mosasaurus conodon species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Mosasaurus : *Mosasaurus conodon*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mosasaurus dekayi species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Mosasaurus : *Mosasaurus dekayi*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Corsochelys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : *Corsochelys*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteopygis emarginatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Macrobaenidae : Osteopygis : *Osteopygis emarginatus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peritresius ornatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : Peritresius : *Peritresius ornatus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Catopygus (Oolopygus) williamsi species	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Nucleolitidae : Oolopygus : *Catopygus (Oolopygus) williamsi*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cucullaea sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : *Cucullaea*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cardium sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : *Cardium*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Exogyra*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paranomia sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Paranomia*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Belemnitella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnitellidae : *Belemnitella*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pyropsis sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Perissityidae : *Pyropsis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Bernaya : *Bernaya (Bernaya) burlingtonensis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Gyrodes*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lunatia sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Euspira*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Turritella*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cliona sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Clionaida : Clionaidae : *Cliona*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

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

Groves L. T. (1990) New Species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a Review of Cretaceous Cypraeaceans of North America, The Veliger 33 3, 272-285

Gallagher W. B. (1993) The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain, The Mosasaur 5, 75-154

Gallagher W. B. (2005) Recent mosasaur discoveries from New Jersey and Delaware, USA: stratigraphy, taphonomy and implications for mosasaur extinction, Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84 3, 241-245

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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