Sayre&Fisher (new) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sayreville NJ "Many poorly preserved fossils were found in impure siderite nodules in the upper portion of the woodbridge member of the raritan formaion

Where: New Jersey (40.5° N, 74.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.3° N, 30.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Woodbridge Clay Member (Raritan Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey. New Jersey Paleontology Series 61(2):1-237 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 6649: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana raritana, Avellana pelagana
? Avellana raritana snail
Avellana ? raritana Richards
Avellana pelagana snail
Avellana pelagana Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp.
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
Fasciolaria sp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Aliofusus sayri
Aliofusus sayri true whelk
Aliofusus sayri Richards
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp., Anchura raritanensis, Anchura bakeri
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
Anchura raritanensis snail
Anchura raritanensis Richards
Anchura bakeri snail
Anchura bakeri Richards
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsis cadwaladeri, aff. Gyrodes petrosus
Amauropsis cadwaladeri moon snail
Amauropsis cadwaladeri Richards
aff. Gyrodes petrosus Morton 1834 moon snail
Gyrodes aff. petrosus (Morton)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
cf. Turritella jerseyensis, Turritella bakeri
cf. Turritella jerseyensis turret shell
Turritella cf. jerseyensis Weller
Turritella bakeri turret shell
Turritella bakeri Richards
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Mytilus planus
? Mytilus planus mussel
Mytilus ? planus Richards
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp. a (Richards)
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ? argentaria
Anomia ? argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia argentaria ? Morton
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula howelli
Plicatula howelli scallop
Plicatula howelli Richards
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus proximus
Inoceramus proximus clam
Inoceramus proximus Tuomey
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sayri, Cardium raritanensis
Cardium sayri cockle
Cardium sayri Richards
Cardium raritanensis cockle
Cardium raritanensis Richards
 Cardiida - Mactridae
? Rangia tenuidens
? Rangia tenuidens clam
Rangia ? tenuidens Whitfield
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina johnsoni
Aphrodina johnsoni venus clam
Aphrodina johnsoni Richards
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula manleyi duplex, Corbula greywaczi
Corbula manleyi duplex Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula manleyi duplex Richards
Corbula greywaczi clam
Corbula greywaczi Richards