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Merchantville clay-marl, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.0583,-74.4056 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | New Jersey, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ocean County, New Jersey, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Merchantville clay-marl | Rathbun M. J. (1935) | Merchantville | marl | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mesostylus mortoni species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Mesostylus : Mesostylus mortoni | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Hoploparia gabbi species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nephropidae : Hoploparia : Hoploparia gabbi | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Hoploparia gladiator species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nephropidae : Hoploparia : Hoploparia gladiator | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160 |
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!