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Agawam - Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

Group	Agawam
Formation	Boonton
Age:	199 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic
Interval	Sinemurian
Lithology	sandstone, siltstone/"carbonate"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	8

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Boonton tracksite	Morris County, New Jersey, USA	Agawam - Boonton
Boonton Fish Bed	Morris County, New Jersey, USA	Agawam - Boonton

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Conchostraca unranked clade	99	Animalia : Arthropoda : Conchostraca	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Redfieldius sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : *Redfieldius*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Ptycholepis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae : *Ptycholepis*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Semionotus elegans species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae : Semionotus : *Semionotus elegans*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Diplurus longicaudatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Diplurus : *Diplurus longicaudatus*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Eubrontes (Brontozoum) approximatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : *Eubrontes (Brontozoum) approximatus*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Grallator formosus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : *Grallator formosus*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Tracheophyta phylum	2	Plantae : Tracheophyta	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic

References

Hitchcock C. H. Recent progress in ichnology, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24 8, 117-127

Olsen P. E. (1980) Triassic and Jurassic formations of the Newark Basin, Field Studies in New Jersey Geology and Guide to Field Trips. 52nd Annual Meeting, New York State Geological Association, 2-39

Olsen P. E. (1980) The latest Triassic and early Jurassic formations of the Newark Basin (eastern North America): stratigraphy, structure, & correlation, The Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 25 2, 25-51

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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